Example sentences of "do have a few " in BNC.

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1 . 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 …
2 Despite its close proximity , it was discovered that this breed owed its curly coat to a different gene and close inspection revealed that , unlike the Cornish and German breeds , this one did have a few long guard hairs .
3 I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles .
4 Bon Jovi 's layoff did have a few positive spin-offs for Sambora , providing him with the chance to do his long-planned solo album .
5 Still , Graham and Bryan , both from Melbourne , Derbyshire , did have a few kind words for their rivals .
6 But Father 's new life did have a few problems .
7 Perhaps I did have a few lucky breaks as an investigator , now and then — and some useful assistance , here and there .
8 Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 .
9 I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks .
10 Not that the Russians were much better , but they did have a few of the new German FW190S which Hitler had promised to Stalin as a goodwill gesture over the Poland deal .
11 Well we did have a few of your funny friends on afterwards saying do you know this man is he he he is er got the best in parties .
12 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 .
13 Ah , number four , interesting one this , actually we did have a few er , mishaps on number four , employed client twenty four thousand , I 'll just do this one on the board , I think it might be an idea .
14 ‘ Most are used as free-standing units at the fill point , but we do have a few on bowsers and sprayers .
15 ‘ So we do have a few residents that still come and go as they please .
16 Of course , I do have a few problems , but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication .
17 However , I do have a few reservations about the display of the pack .
18 We do have a few glimpses , through the keyhole as it were .
19 Of course , these things can happen really , er especially if er , one of two of the guests , I 'm not suggesting your mother 's guests er over-imbibed , but one or two of the guests do have a few jars over Christmas and they get up to all sorts of things in the house do n't they ?
20 But the current curator , Dr. Helene la Rue does have a few she can demonstrate to visitors , like this singing bowl from Tibet … and this rain-maker from Mexico …
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