Example sentences of "have a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , I do have a few problems , but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication .
2 But Father 's new life did have a few problems .
3 ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested .
4 Well could n't we just have a few things
5 Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester .
6 you 're not right , peppers I 've got green peppers at home so they 'll be alright , better have a few tomatoes ,
7 Right so we can have a few trophies at Oxford this season anyway Bernard .
8 Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year .
9 er but no doubt we 'll have a few showers I 'm sure
10 ‘ If you could find out who the man was , the one who was there on Christmas Day evening … he might have a few answers . ’
11 ‘ So we do have a few residents that still come and go as they please .
12 Like the prisoner 's dilemma and its variants , the computer buying problem can have a few complications .
13 Because she is now out of work they 'll pay for it , and she 'll have a few pounds left to see her through .
14 Must have a few shows around you know .
15 ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? ,
16 Let me know when it 's not bath-night and you can have a few minutes ’ chat with your aged Pops . ’
17 ‘ Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’
18 But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence .
19 ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’
20 I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’
21 Later on they might have a few minutes together and he would hold her and she would become herself again .
22 Even among a superb selection of hotels we do of course have a few favourites which we think are exceptional , and merit extra consideration .
23 I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’
24 We 'll have a few reports to do next week .
25 Now and again there were diversions , when one or another of the remaining five would hold the stage and would have a few moments of limelight , or glory .
26 . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them …
27 Tonight I shall have a few pints , take Jenny out to dinner , probably attack a nice bottle of claret , and sleep like a stone .
28 Let's have a few questions up our sleeve .
29 But I do envy anyone who can have a few hours to themselves at Christmas , she thought .
30 So there 's no reason at all why you should n't have a few hours off .
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