Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have forgotten a few things in the holidays , like the time I pushed her in the school goldfish pond . |
| 2 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 3 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 4 | Erm what I need to do now is just so I 'm gon na have to cross a few things out . |
| 5 | You must surely have observed a few things about Fräulein Müller . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I shall have to explain a few things . |
| 7 | I might have to unbend a few things , though . ’ |
| 8 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 9 | Yes , I think we 'll have to have have a good look , yes it 's alright when you 've got a few things to get , but when when you 've got the whole list . |
| 10 | My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind . |
| 11 | But I 've thrown a few things out , as well . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've put a few things in the room you might need — toiletries and something to wear to sleep in . ’ |
| 13 | After he had slept in the same sheets for six months Nails had taken them to the launderette , and now he had discovered a few things like that , which helped , which was more than his dad ever had . |
| 14 | ‘ I had discovered a few things about him that were very … hurtful . |
| 15 | But I 've learnt a few things since . ’ |
| 16 | I know I 've learnt a few things by huge mistakes . |
| 17 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 18 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 19 | Yeah ya but as I think , as I say she 's got a few things to do today , sh near the oven Ann . |
| 20 | it 's still the first one , she 's got a billion things to do , we 'll obviously speak to her in the autumn , erm |