Example sentences of "had a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problem was that we nearly had a few fatalities . |
| 2 | They each had a few jokes and by the time the roach was flushed away she was already experiencing her first rush , a warm , dreamy sensation that seemed to encompass her whole being . |
| 3 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 4 | The new dynasty , the German and Protestant House of Hanover , had a few scares from the Scottish end of the realm , notably the 1715 Rebellion in favour of the Catholic Stuart exile , James . |
| 5 | Luckily we were n't attacked , though we had a few scares . |
| 6 | For example , if you bought some apples from a market stall and they were mostly bad and you already had a few apples at home and if , say , your bus had arrived , it might be perfectly legitimate to do absolutely nothing about the situation and avoid any discussion about it . |
| 7 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 8 | He 's they 've opened an account with us and had a few bits and baps off us , so |
| 9 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |
| 10 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll remember my sayin' I had a few aces up m'sleeve , when we discussed our lack of numbers an ’ the possibility of these people operatin' outside patrols ? ’ |
| 12 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |
| 13 | City had a few chances , and unfortunately they took one late in the second half , shortly after we 'd started shouting ‘ What 's like to be outclassed ’ at the boys in blue . |
| 14 | As I said , Sunderland played well … and had a few chances on the break — only to be expected . |
| 15 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 16 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 17 | Er then I went on to Buffalo and Niagara falls and crossed over to Canada which I had a few friends there . |
| 18 | He had a few contacts in the Metropolitan force . |
| 19 | So that we had a few tiles that we knew what their pattern and date was . |
| 20 | I 've got a bit puffed up again , had a few headaches . |
| 21 | Erm , he worked , he was their sort of erm they had a few clubs and pubs in this area at the time and er |
| 22 | It just looked so out of proportion and we had a few giggles about it . |
| 23 | Suffice it , that I had a few moments of fanciful pleasure . |
| 24 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
| 25 | ‘ He only got his chance because we had a few players out with flu . |
| 26 | The England team had a few players who were later to play first-class cricket , and were brought together by one W.S. Donne , who , if he did n't enjoy great success on the Olympic playing field , achieved eminence in Rugby Union , elected president of the RFU in 1923–24 . |
| 27 | Gloucester had a few players out as well . |
| 28 | No I had a few things done , but |
| 29 | ‘ When I got the call to come to Belgium I had a few things to do , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | Me and Andy looked all over for you both last night I had a few things on my mind |