Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 2 | Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team . |
| 3 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
| 4 | It has also gained a few floors . |
| 5 | He has also missed a few internationals through injury . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , I do n't know an actor who was n't actually brought up in LA and who has n't spent a few nights on the beach . |
| 7 | I mean , who has n't learned a few Sultans Of Swing licks ? |
| 8 | ‘ I see you got your hair cut by the scenic route , ’ she remarks to one gentleman who has neatly slicked a few strands over his bald patch . |
| 9 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 10 | " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd better break a few rules . ’ |
| 12 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 13 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 14 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 15 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 16 | The total size of the claims resulting from such an incident might well be enormous , even though the computer program itself may have only cost a few hundred pounds . |
| 17 | Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it . |
| 18 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |
| 19 | It was a routine call on the bereaved Mrs Place who had lost her father and who might soon be a widow , who had perhaps shed a few tears , but not very many . |
| 20 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 21 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 22 | It is just about ready to roll , we 've only get a few minor drafting amendments to complete . ’ |
| 23 | Oh I 've only had a few . |
| 24 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 25 | Erm , now what that means is , if you ca n't answer the question and you 've only got a few lines down then sort of trying t w blur it a little bit and make it waffly so that there 's something we can point to and say that you 've written something , right ? |
| 26 | You 've got to pay attention to what you 're doing because you 've only got a few laps . ’ |
| 27 | I 've only got a few books on differentiating . |
| 28 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 29 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 30 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |