Example sentences of "[modal v] have a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we must have a few cousins several times removed floating about somewhere or other , but I 've never heard of them . |
| 2 | Must have a few shows around you know . |
| 3 | er but no doubt we 'll have a few showers I 'm sure |
| 4 | We 'll have a few reports to do next week . |
| 5 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 6 | Because she is now out of work they 'll pay for it , and she 'll have a few pounds left to see her through . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm delighted and I guess we 'll have a few drinks to celebrate . ’ |
| 8 | doctor says I 'll have a few words with him . |
| 9 | ‘ If you could find out who the man was , the one who was there on Christmas Day evening … he might have a few answers . ’ |
| 10 | Later on they might have a few minutes together and he would hold her and she would become herself again . |
| 11 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 12 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
| 13 | We could have a few beers after the match etc . |
| 14 | Partial matches with the lexicon may have a few characters from the beginning of a word , together with approximate word shape information ( see also section 6.3 ) . |
| 15 | Let's have a few questions up our sleeve . |
| 16 | I used to cut them all up and they used to leave me the legs , you know , the hams and the backs and they used to have a few joints off and take home and then the rest I used to lay it , put it into bacon down the cellar . |
| 17 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 18 | Now and again there were diversions , when one or another of the remaining five would hold the stage and would have a few moments of limelight , or glory . |
| 19 | If tables could talk , I imagine this one would have a few tales to tell for it is here she has enjoyed repasts with such gossipy Sloanes as Carolyn Bartholomew , Kate Menzies and Millie Dunne . |
| 20 | ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour . |
| 21 | Tonight I shall have a few pints , take Jenny out to dinner , probably attack a nice bottle of claret , and sleep like a stone . |
| 22 | ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested . |
| 23 | Most sailing clubs will have a few catamarans clustered together in one end of the dinghy park , but if you are keen to race one it is best to choose a club that has plenty of water space and specialises in a large multihull fleet . |
| 24 | Right so we can have a few trophies at Oxford this season anyway Bernard . |
| 25 | Like the prisoner 's dilemma and its variants , the computer buying problem can have a few complications . |
| 26 | But I do envy anyone who can have a few hours to themselves at Christmas , she thought . |
| 27 | Let me know when it 's not bath-night and you can have a few minutes ’ chat with your aged Pops . ’ |
| 28 | Well they said what you having for tea and I said well we 'll have to have you can have a few beans or something |
| 29 | Sometimes electric shock treatment his been given to quell the uproar and the ensuing calm gives the adult the opportunity to reassert itself and the tormented soul can have a few days of peace . |