Example sentences of "had a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |
| 2 | My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind . |
| 3 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 4 | we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest . |
| 5 | We 've had a few scares from the lasers so far , but when we get on the scene there 's nothing to see . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 7 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 8 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 9 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 10 | He had had a few hopes for Sally-Anne Tunstall himself , had been sorry to see her go . |
| 11 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 12 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 13 | Meurdesoif , whose firm agreed to pay a £1,250 fine , claimed he had only had a few drinks with lunch on a cross-channel ferry . |
| 14 | I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent . |
| 15 | It had always had a few troops in its settlements to defend property locally , but even when it had begun building up its own little army it had only about 3,000 men in 1749 . |
| 16 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |
| 17 | Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think Have I Got News For You is a very difficult show to do and we 're both lucky because we 've had a few goes at it , ’ says Merton . |