Example sentences of "have a few [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He has a few lucid moments every now and again . |
| 2 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 3 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 4 | Each day the retreatant has a few suggested passages given by his director who meets him once a day for sharing and reflection . |
| 5 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
| 6 | Lucky Town has a few reasonable ballads and the odd image strong enough to resist the insistent undertow of formula Boss : a soldier back from the Gulf waking from a dream in which the souls of the dead ‘ rise like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies ’ . |
| 7 | It is also approachable at the other end of the spectrum , which is filled by the middle-class peasant or designer-green who has a few pet animals to fit in with a rural lifestyle . |
| 8 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 9 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 10 | Shops : none but the campsite farm has a few limited supplies . |
| 11 | He has a few sharp words to say about smoking on page 18 — definitely NOT an ingredient of a healthy lifestyle in his professional book . |
| 12 | ‘ Otherwise I 'll make sure he has a few more broken bones , ’ she warned . |
| 13 | He has a few more shocks coming his way yet . |
| 14 | Faye still has a few more days to consider the amniocentesis . |
| 15 | No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom . |
| 16 | But now , for the man who serves the famous … it 's back to serving the public of Swindon … after all John Reynolds has a few more strings to his bow . |
| 17 | And Dave Wotherspoon has a few more tricks up his sleeve , too . |
| 18 | The same sort of EQ and similar electronics are going to produce a marked sort of family resemblance , but the VG-30R has a few sound characteristics of its own . |
| 19 | He has a few basic routines which he sticks to . |
| 20 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 21 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 23 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 24 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had a few good British Opens and lost them . |
| 26 | The only difference is he 's had a few thousand extra because it 's got two kitchens and two bathrooms . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a few sharp , pithy words with my mother , and I do n't think she 'll ever treat her grandchildren like that again . ’ |
| 29 | Over the years I have had a few interesting experiences with computer hardware . |
| 30 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |