Example sentences of "did have [art] few " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |