Example sentences of "[verb] i have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 2 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 3 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 4 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
| 5 | But everyone says I have a nice complexion . |
| 6 | Mother says I have a true feeling for medicine . " |
| 7 | I was so close to these birds , they were like friends , and it seemed I had a personal responsibility towards them . |
| 8 | As results get worse , I still manage to bluff the board into believing I have a long-term strategy that will see us pulling away from the bottom within weeks . |
| 9 | The evening before the diagnosis was made I had a double whisky and developed sneezing and rhinitis , but on this occasion I developed severe bronchospasm within a few minutes . |
| 10 | And I said , you must realize I 've a small company , and that 's , in one respect that I 've had to send those conditions because you 're failing to meet the agreed thirty days payment ! |
| 11 | You know I had a moving traffic accident |
| 12 | I know I have a good man . |
| 13 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 14 | " I do wish I had a Naughty Friend , " Nicandra spoke from the bottom of her heart as she lagged her way back to Dada and the sofa , bringing the red leather-bound book that had lain on top of other red leather-bound books piled one above the other on the lower shelf of a mahogany whatnot . |
| 15 | After the crash in Taunton , Somerset , Frank , 78 , said : ‘ I suppose I had a lucky escape . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 17 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 18 | Mr Maxwell , in an affidavit of his own , confirms he has received payments from his mother but adds : ‘ I feel I have a moral obligation to repay as and when my resources permit . ’ |
| 19 | But sometimes — rarely , thank God — sometimes , I feel I have a moral duty to involve myself . ’ |
| 20 | I would like to point out that I do not hunt myself so feel I have a balanced point of view . |
| 21 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 22 | It was then still dark , and knowing I had a full day 's motoring ahead of me , I made an attempt to return to sleep . |
| 23 | It had picked up quite a bit of loose weed which kept jamming in the top ring , but this was periodically removed by Mr Gardner who , by now , knew I had a good fish on and had been warned that any foul-ups at the net would seriously hinder his future fathering capabilities . |
| 24 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 25 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 27 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
| 28 | However , he then faded from the scene and afterwards said : ‘ I had a lot of clutch trouble and I 'm bitterly disappointed for I thought I had a real chance . ’ |
| 29 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
| 30 | He probably thought I had a soft heart . |