Example sentences of "have a few [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 2 | While Vadinamia will never be a rival to any of the known holiday-resort worlds , it has a few things to offer by way of amusement . |
| 3 | Providing it does not clog filter intakes , it has a few things going for it : it can act as a curb on nitrate and phosphate levels , provide shelter for any overlooked fry and even supplement the fish 's diet in holiday periods . |
| 4 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 5 | For the Nineties , it 's safe to predict that the nostalgia boom has a few years left to run , that Neneh Cherry , Roland Gift and Terence Trent D'Arby will become as big as they want to be , and that Bobby Brown 's crafty commercialisation of rap , soul and a vast ego will give Wacko a run for his money quite soon . |
| 6 | And you know i if a chil a child is bruised , very often erm you know if it it especially with you know , maybe a mother who has a few children to look after , and she 's on her own twenty four hours a day with them . |
| 7 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 8 | I 've had a few copies made to be on the safe side : solicitors , banks … you know . |
| 9 | A game 's a game , but you could have piled me up back there , and then you 'd have had a few questions to answer ! ’ |
| 10 | Baddiel , 27 , says : ‘ We were exonerated in that particular case but we have had a few letters saying people did n't like some of the jokes . |
| 11 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 12 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 13 | Because she is now out of work they 'll pay for it , and she 'll have a few pounds left to see her through . |
| 14 | We 'll have a few reports to do next week . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm delighted and I guess we 'll have a few drinks to celebrate . ’ |
| 18 | Even Marshall had brushed aside all suggestions of having a few minutes to spare to give Harbury something exclusive . |
| 19 | Outside the Bank of England he put the bag on the ground to have a few moments rest . |
| 20 | She had not had it with her on Sunday during the walk to the belvedere and although it might now be too late in the day to catch the best of the light , it would be useful to have a few shots to help with descriptions of the scenery when she came to write her novel . |
| 21 | Good arrangements and an eye for detail can only be achieved with practice , so it may help to have a few guidelines to follow in the first place , if only to act as a spring board for producing interesting and unusual ideas of your own . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I 've a few notes to make . |
| 23 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 24 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 25 | ‘ When I got the call to come to Belgium I had a few things to do , ’ he explained . |
| 26 | her , her mum was having him , but she had a , her mum had a few things to do , so |
| 27 | No I had a few things done , but |
| 28 | " I had a few problems getting away . " |
| 29 | I also had a few problems trying to create a link between a table in a document and the spreadsheet the data came from . |
| 30 | Well we had a few problems did n't we ? |