Example sentences of "had [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had perhaps a few spoonfuls of oil ; she was told to pour those minute contents of her jar into jars that might have held a hundred times as much as she had . |
| 2 | We all knew he had only a few weeks left to live . |
| 3 | Most of the later graptolites had only a few branches and , in the Silurian , species with only a single branch tend to dominate the assemblages . |
| 4 | He had only a few hundred yards to go as the house he was planning to visit was also in the Vomero but he did not wish to arrive with perspiration on his forehead or dust on his shoes . |
| 5 | It was my good fortune to see a lot of Emily Carr and to be counted as a friend , for she claimed she had only a few . |
| 6 | On the morning of the operation day , the surgeon told me he thought Michael had only a few months to live . |
| 7 | Colonel Durand , in command of the defences , who had only a few militia and the usual garrison ‘ invalids ’ under him , sent a desperate appeal for assistance to Field Marshal Wade , while the sudden departure of people returning to the surrounding countryside — Saturday 9 November 1745 was a market day in Carlisle — added to his difficulties , as an eye-witness recorded : |
| 8 | Heresy in the shape of Lollardy in the fifteenth century had only a few adherents in the county , but they were rather spectacular . |
| 9 | He had only a few moments to decide on what he should do . |
| 10 | Peter Dawson had been considerably older than Isobel and since he had only a few more years to serve in the army , had decided to establish a permanent home in his native town . |
| 11 | Presumably he had already set in motion the machinery which next month would array a large army under his command , but when he approached Limoges he still had only a few men with him . |
| 12 | Stepping nearer he saw that it was , in fact , non-existent and that the pool had only a few rapidly drying puddles . |
| 13 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 14 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 15 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 16 | The brickyard had only a few left so those around the leaping dolphins would be used as a ‘ brick bank ’ to make up for breakages . |
| 17 | She added : ‘ Police had just a few minutes to evacuate thousands of people . ’ |
| 18 | I remember David had a look of amazement on his face because at this point he had quite a few gold albums , but he still did n't have the money because the rate that they made money went straight back into making the show even bigger and better , and everybody travelled in style . |
| 19 | Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail . |
| 20 | ‘ She knew a lot of people , probably had quite a few lovers , but I think she was short on real friends . |
| 21 | He had quite a few , half a dozen there in the gunroom , with the light one he got for Neil as a boy , and I used to use . |
| 22 | When it was Spencer 's turn he found that although he had quite a few hours in his ‘ Fury , the Spit was a harder aeroplane to fly . |
| 23 | Well I just find these , I mean we had quite a few now |
| 24 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 25 | She also had quite a few things two small Picassos and a picture by Robert Delaunay called ‘ The window ’ that Taírov was given when they were in Paris on tour together , and a very fine Yakulov . |
| 26 | At first I did n't mind doing it , but after two months I found out he had quite a few women . |
| 27 | We had quite a few visitors over the next few days and Amin , particularly , was very encouraging . |
| 28 | She had quite a few gadgets . |
| 29 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |
| 30 | ‘ My husband lived practically next door to a children 's home when he was young and had quite a few friends in there , ’ said Jackie . |