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

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1 I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian .
2 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 .
3 He 's been on the sauce basically but he 's kicked the habit and he says of kicking the drinking habit I 've had a lot of help and a lot of good counselling , in the end it 's up to me .
4 In the end I had to have a go !
5 ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries .
6 It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff .
7 Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head .
8 I had no idea I 'd had a baby .
9 ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes .
10 The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm
11 Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ?
12 Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped .
13 I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep .
14 For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time .
15 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
16 As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session .
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