Example sentences of "only have a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small . |
| 2 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 3 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 4 | Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 5 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We got a free bus pass and we , we used our money to , which I 'm glad we did with my husband only having a few years . |
| 8 | Well , I mean Brody may be able to survive by not actually only having a few months between doing it and being revived I think . |
| 9 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 10 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 11 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 12 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 13 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 14 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 15 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 16 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 17 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 18 | A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn . |
| 19 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 20 | Having two types of procedure , command and processing , that only have a few functions in common , is annoying . |
| 21 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |