Example sentences of "[adv] have a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom . |
| 2 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 3 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 4 | Even if you make a complete mess of it , the model only has a few inches to fall . |
| 5 | Typically , the net contains many nodes , but each node only has a few inputs : N is quite small . |
| 6 | They , they 've suddenly had a few outbreaks of polio have n't they ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We 'd only had a few dates . |
| 9 | Although they had only had a few hours , he was happy with what the squad had uncovered from newspaper cuttings and phone-calls — not that they had detected any connection with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 10 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 11 | Oh I 've only had a few . |
| 12 | We 'd all had a few drinks . |
| 13 | We got a free bus pass and we , we used our money to , which I 'm glad we did with my husband only having a few years . |
| 14 | Well , I mean Brody may be able to survive by not actually only having a few months between doing it and being revived I think . |
| 15 | you 're not right , peppers I 've got green peppers at home so they 'll be alright , better have a few tomatoes , |
| 16 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 17 | We only had a few paving slabs but a large area to cover , so decided to lay the slabs in islands . |
| 18 | I only had a few weeks . |
| 19 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
| 20 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 21 | A dedicated professional seaman , he practised his motor launches ( MLs ) , the motor gun boat ( MGB ) , and the modified motor torpedo boat ( MTB 74 ) operating in close company , manoeuvres they did not normally execute and only had a few weeks to learn . |
| 22 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 23 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 24 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 25 | He gunned the engine when he only had a few metres to go , felt the Jeep claw at the hard ground and hurtle forward . |
| 26 | ‘ I only had a few glasses of wine and I 'm sure the police waited for me . |
| 27 | Yes because I went to , I only had a few weeks at er and that was and I would n't stick that . |
| 28 | I only had a few wee tablets that pump the vein |
| 29 | She only had a few , few lessons lychee , what else ? |
| 30 | So she says give us your twenty quid , cos she only had a few bits did n't she ? |