Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] few drinks " in BNC.

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1 But it can be a bit dangerous if you 've had a few drinks , because you keep pumping the thing up and forgetting about it . ’
2 Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much .
3 Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks .
4 Meurdesoif , whose firm agreed to pay a £1,250 fine , claimed he had only had a few drinks with lunch on a cross-channel ferry .
5 Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy .
6 When I 've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative .
7 She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad .
8 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
9 Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head .
10 When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet .
11 We 'd all had a few drinks .
12 I 've just had a few drinks .
13 He was bought a few drinks by workmates then took off on his own , round various bars , to finish the job properly .
14 ‘ But Dad , I feel so ashamed to think that Mr and Mrs Lewis will 'ave ter mix with our kind of neighbours , and you know what Mum 's like when she 's 'ad a few drinks . ’
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