Example sentences of "had a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few . |
| 2 | ‘ We have had a few casualties , ’ the Officer replied . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if Lewis had been allowed to live in this way , though we might have had a few more mighty works of literary history from his pen , it is doubtful whether he would have written the works for which he is more popular . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | It might be more acceptable when you 're older , when you 've had a few kids , to be fatter . |
| 6 | She had had a few in her short life and none of them had been pleasant . |
| 7 | A winter-flowering cherry , planted in memory of someone in a place I can not visit to water regularly , bit the dust last spring , but a replacement seems to have become established and even had a few blossoms this winter . |
| 8 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 10 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 11 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |
| 12 | B. A. I 've had a few scuffles — all the men have . |
| 13 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 14 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 15 | The Templemans have had a few anonymous calls as well . ’ |
| 16 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had a few good British Opens and lost them . |
| 19 | Finally , Hobson Moor Quarry has had a few more of its gaps filled . |
| 20 | ‘ I think Have I Got News For You is a very difficult show to do and we 're both lucky because we 've had a few goes at it , ’ says Merton . |
| 21 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
| 22 | When I 've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative . |
| 23 | Dad was a jolly chap sober , or could be , but when he 'd had a few he thought himself a bit of a lady-killer . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 26 | I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent . |
| 27 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 28 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 29 | Renault , who supply the £100,000 engines — changed every 400 miles — said : ‘ We 've already had a few people on to us saying they 're not going to buy our cars . |
| 30 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |