Example sentences of "[that] i have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 He is also aware that I have a deep regard for Joan de Warenne — and in that I fear he is not alone ! ’
32 All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has .
33 Recently I have increased the pump speed to 2 so that I have a higher turnover of water through the filter At this setting it will be turning over the content of the vat about 8 times an hour .
34 Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers .
35 The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it .
36 So it might be , just the fact that I have a new car .
37 But if I was pressed to make a choice , apart from Coldingham Loch , I would have to admit that the Whiteadder River is my favourite Border stream , and I confess that I have a vested interest in Whiteadder .
38 I must prepare to say at this point that I have a special report on the Colville Road area to er er committee , not just on the now but I think we probably need to have further consultation with regard to the needs in that area .
39 They 're suggesting that I have a permanent security guard on duty , day and night , apart from an alarm system that would be more suitable to the Bundesbank than a private house !
40 I should like to refer briefly to something in which my right hon. and learned Friend knows that I have a passionate interest .
41 " I have to say that I have a different opinion of you than of some of the others from your house .
42 ‘ It 's just that I have a particular dislike of anonymous letters .
43 Notice that I have a red pencil and a blue one has no crossed interpretation , which is what we expect from a genuine ambiguity .
44 Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome .
45 I know that I have a comfortable income now , but I still have difficulty in believing it .
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