Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start . |
| 2 | True , we have reopened a few beds — for the patients of fundholding general practitioners . |
| 3 | The fact that you have enjoyed a few jars together will not cloud a journalist 's judgement . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | - 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine . |
| 10 | The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 15 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 16 | ‘ We have had a few casualties , ’ the Officer replied . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest . |
| 19 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |
| 20 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |
| 21 | I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent . |
| 22 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 23 | ‘ We have had a few men demonstrators and we would like to encourage more , ’ says Kath . |
| 24 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 25 | Some of you listen some of you have got a few minutes erm some of you have got a few minutes obviously erm only I 'm not going to start anything . |
| 26 | Some of you listen some of you have got a few minutes erm some of you have got a few minutes obviously erm only I 'm not going to start anything . |
| 27 | We have got a few members but enjoy ourselves . |
| 28 | Some of their later records have produced a few hits but though it is thoughtful , well-made music , something 's missing . |
| 29 | As yet unsigned , they have played a few gigs but are still in the process of ‘ refining ’ the music . |
| 30 | Advertising is such a complicated business that you may be able to assimilate it better if you have spent a few years " knocking-around " — travelling perhaps , or working in a shop or doing different kinds of jobs . |