Example sentences of "[noun] that i have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 2 | ‘ I could not accept in my heart that I had a problem , ’ she explains . |
| 3 | ‘ How dare you conceal the knowledge that I have a son ? ’ he roared . |
| 4 | Partly it was for lack of anything else to be curious about , the usual island obsession with trivialities ; partly it was that one cryptic phrase from Mitford and the discovery about Leverrier ; partly , perhaps mostly , a peculiar feeling that I had a sort of right to visit . |
| 5 | this company moves at such a rapid rate of knots that I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the Managing Director Building and Property Development at his house in Pitlochrie which is the only time he 's literally coming back to change his shirt before he goes wandering round the world again so the only way I can get him is to go up and stay with the in-laws over night and see him at breakfast time tomorrow . |
| 6 | Even the awareness that I had a choice was of course a product of the way that I was brought up . |
| 7 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 8 | So I did n't grow up with the idea that I had a poet in the family , by marriage of course . |
| 9 | Yeah if I knew some facts that I had a job to go to , I 'd pay for it myself |
| 10 | ‘ To be honest it 's about time that I had a bit of luck . |
| 11 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 12 | I was also delighted that at last there had been an acknowledgement of the fact that I had a role in what was happening rather than being seen as a bystander in an event that would , all being well , change our lives beyond recognition . |
| 13 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 14 | Perhaps I 've ‘ grown ’ — more likely it is the fact that I have a wealth of female experience that other women are writing about , like myself ( unrecognised at present … ) so I have no need to be ‘ ashamed ’ any longer . |
| 15 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |