Example sentences of "[verb] that i have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
2 | Perhaps he does not know that I have a suitcase full of letters from constituents who are desperately concerned about the Bill . |
3 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
4 | Then I mentioned that I had a Lawson Buford tuba solo from 1927 somewhere in my record collection and I was back in favour . |
5 | I also found that I had a vitamin deficiency , and Anna-Lisa introduced me to vitamin supplements . |
6 | I also realized that I have a responsibility , not only to young black kids but to all young people , of every colour and creed . |
7 | And I know he was very good to us in the war cos my father was , got a terminal illness and er he used to see that I had a bottle of whisky for dad you know , er the manager did . |
8 | ‘ At the moment , I do n't really feel that I have a place anywhere . |
9 | Granted that I have a map of my house in my head , how do I use it to go from A to E ? |
10 | If proof were ever needed that I had a gift for spotting talent then my signing of Royston Marley was it . |
11 | ‘ Yes , I can see that I have a lot to learn . ’ |
12 | I was always running up against her and being told that I had a shoelace undone , or my buttons needed polishing , or my hair was touching my collar , Airwoman ! |
13 | Completely new to the Company , I know that I have a lot to learn and I 'd particularly like to thank for her help during the changeover . |
14 | If I am following someone who drops their wallet then it would be idle to deny that I have a duty to pick it up and return it . |
15 | It is great to be around friends who have never had a weight problem and find that I have a lot more energy than them and certainly a lot more breath ! |
16 | Dear boys , I feel that I have a message for you from your real mothers , and it is this : we hope our sons will die like Englishmen . |
17 | Nevertheless I feel that I have a responsibility to the public and to the world of art both to present your unpublished writings in as comprehensible a form as possible , and at the same time to correct some of the misleading impressions these might give , not of course about yourself , but about others , casually mentioned here and there in the course of your jottings . |
18 | Jessie rose from the table now , but she did n't move away from it , she leant her hands on the edge of it and , bending towards Agnes and in a mere whisper now , she said , ‘ Father 's got to understand that I have a life of my own ; I 'm not a china doll to be babied . ’ |
19 | This meant that I had a variety of other ‘ close ones ’ to look after me , and a rota was instituted . |
20 | On hearing that I had a place among successful candidates I was excited with pleasure . |
21 | But if so I felt that I had a chance of retrieving the situation , once I 'd made the Fraxillian delivery . |
22 | It was only when I got on the ground and tried to walk did I realise that I had a bullet through the top of my right ankle . |
23 | As time went on and I knew that I had a fight on my hands , healing became as important to me as my new diet or the other new therapies . |
24 | That means that I have a right to access to your house . |
25 | We were summoned to Buckingham Palace to discuss this , and as we approached the gates in my car , I remembered that I had a case of 250 cartridges in the boot . |
26 | The nicest thing was when they printed that I had a tattoo of Reg Varney on my chest . |
27 | ‘ I like to think that I have a lot to offer as well and I do n't want to have to wait years before I get the opportunity to prove myself . |
28 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
29 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
30 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |