Example sentences of "[noun sg] i have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 2 | ‘ When I made Midnight Express I had to play a man who was in a permanent messed-up state . |
| 3 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 4 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 5 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 8 | Of course I 've got a family ! |
| 9 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 10 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 11 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 12 | In that cell I 've got a formula , just multiply the number above by the number of the left . |
| 13 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 14 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
| 15 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 16 | Mummy I 've got a police one |
| 17 | As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer . |
| 18 | Jane Hall had booked into the Riverside Hotel , she walked over to the reception desk and rang the bell , hello I 'm Jane Hall I 've booked a weekend stay here , ah yes Miss Hall if you would just like to sign here , here 's your key , your room is six floors up , third on the right , have a nice stay . |
| 19 | Ted , 51 — now trained in law and first aid — said : ‘ As a cleaner I 've had an insight into what goes on in the cells . ’ |
| 20 | If you do your environmental recycling I 've got a thing that I took out of a magazine that 's got all the addresses of erm of of the various thing for recycling paper |
| 21 | The Escort has been one of Britain 's top-sellers for many years and having tested various examples of the latest in the range I have to give a curate 's egg verdict . |
| 22 | Now erm at the moment I 've got a lot to fit in |
| 23 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
| 24 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
| 25 | I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census . |
| 26 | In light rain I have measured an increase of about 8 knots in the speed for the pre-stall buffet and stall of a K13 , although the stall itself did not seem to have changed in character . |
| 27 | In despair , I told my husband I 'd bought a book on how to cure children 's sleep problems . |
| 28 | On Saint Theresa 's day I had to paint a frieze of watercolour rose petals to run the length of the classroom walls . |
| 29 | That day I had bought a fern , a modest enough plant but with bright , shiny leaves and an indestructible appearance . |
| 30 | On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice : |