Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I only have to go a few quid over and I get snooty letters threatening to take it off me .
2 There has been so much interest in the industrial side , while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’
3 There has been so much interest in the industrial side while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’
4 Oh I see , yes , you have to wait a few minutes .
5 you have to wait a few days for it to clear do n't ya ?
6 You may have dismissed the Japanese exercising before work or the Chinese performing their Tai Chi routines , but when you have undertaken a few exercise disciplines yourself you will admire their dedication .
7 Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start .
8 True , we have reopened a few beds — for the patients of fundholding general practitioners .
9 The fact that you have enjoyed a few jars together will not cloud a journalist 's judgement .
10 On the way they 've run up Ben Nevis and Snowdonia … swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water and cycled the rest of the way … they 're hoping to raise thousands for charity and after 1200 miles have earned a few days off …
11 - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind .
12 CROSBY , STILLS AND NASH , legendary '60s folk-rockers , have added a few dates to follow up their sold-out Albert Hall show at Dublin 's Point .
13 We have let a few people remix a few things , just for fun , but normally I would n't want to change it ; it had a certain magic at the time .
14 In a memorandum written for the Commons ' Energy Committee , Andrew Holmes , the editor of Power in Europe , wrote , ‘ In the course of my work as a journalist , I have met a few environmentalists who can envisage some kind of long-term accommodation with the nuclear power industry , If waste disposal and other problems are satisfactorily solved ; I have never met an environmentalist who was not wholly and implacably opposed to the FBR . ’
15 Not that I know all that many people anyway , I suppose ; Jamie is my only real friend , though through him I have met a few people of about my own age I regard as acquaintances .
16 When you have done a few problems , as above , it should not now be necessary to divide the large boxes into small ones to find the volume .
17 I have seen a few salmon in my time and caught a few too but this thing was not like a salmon at all .
18 They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine .
19 The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations .
20 Although basically the same as that given in the Warhammer rulebook , we have made a few additions and included more explanation , so we suggest you read through these new rules even if you are already familiar with the original ones .
21 All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes .
22 To show you what I mean , I have selected a few names at random from my local telephone directory and listed them , together with the image which sprang to my mind ( although yours might be completely different ) .
23 I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment .
24 Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep !
25 ‘ We have had a few casualties , ’ the Officer replied .
26 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 .
27 we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest .
28 We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us .
29 Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much .
30 I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent .
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