Example sentences of "[adv] have a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 32 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 33 | These wonderful , exotic recipes can be prepared ahead and then frozen — so you only have a few finishing touches to add |
| 34 | £50000 does not go very far in TV , except on one or two small regional stations ; it is quite difficult , as the cigarette companies find , to spend £1 million plus on a brand without using TV at all : if you only have a few hundred pounds to spend there are few press media in which you can consider full pages or even moderately large sizes . |
| 35 | Having two types of procedure , command and processing , that only have a few functions in common , is annoying . |
| 36 | Work carried out in the area of ergonomics takes account of the fact that most drivers only have a few tenths of a second to give an order or read information . |
| 37 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 38 | Renault , who supply the £100,000 engines — changed every 400 miles — said : ‘ We 've already had a few people on to us saying they 're not going to buy our cars . |
| 39 | Fairfax and Lady De Marr have already had a few by the time I join them . |
| 40 | He 's already had a few chances , but his time will come … bank on it . ’ |
| 41 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
| 42 | I 've just had a few drinks . |
| 43 | well you know if , I mean if you 're keen to keep on the course but just having a few difficulties |
| 44 | Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening . |
| 45 | so she were just having a few crumpets |
| 46 | Well could n't we just have a few things |
| 47 | " And while you 're there , " said Bigwig , scowling round at the others from under the great sheaf of fur on his head , " I 'll just have a few words with these three . |
| 48 | What I want you to do between now and the end of the lesson , ah , wait for it , in your rough books , ah I want you to start writing down ideas of the things that are important to you , but before we do that , let's just have a few starters on the board , let's have some hands up . |
| 49 | There may be one or two flooded areas in the morning down along the east coast , but elsewhere should just have a few heavy showers . |
| 50 | Well he does n't just have a few . |
| 51 | I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble |
| 52 | I know him , he 's a mate , probably just had a few and he 's sleeping it off . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Because was before the observations of Mr it just that you 're going back to cabinet government anyway cos you say t take a few on each committee , just have a few small committees and they 'll do the job . |
| 55 | Faye still has a few more days to consider the amniocentesis . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | We do still have a few such courses and they work quite well . |
| 59 | He supposed now , trying to look at himself dispassionately , he still had a few good points — but he was old , old , old , he told himself sternly . |
| 60 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |