Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
2 | Erm I do n't know I do n't yo I , I think possibly having that foot up on the stool was perhaps a mistake . |
3 | And I 'd also had some suspicions . ’ |
4 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
5 | Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open . |
6 | I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her . |
7 | I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door . |
8 | I was impressed by her self-confidence ; I 'd never had one boyfriend , let alone as many as she 'd had . |
9 | Until then I 'd never had any intimation of what was being done nowadays in the field of biblical research , or of the attacks being launched by competent historians . |
10 | But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’ |
11 | Then , although I 'd never had any morning sickness , I began to feel pain after I 'd eaten . ’ |
12 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
13 | ‘ I 'd never had any trouble getting pregnant , ’ she says , ‘ And that had been my downfall in a way . |
14 | Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place . |
15 | But honestly — I 'd better have that shower , had n't I ? ’ |
16 | The fellow continued his work replying coolly , " If I 'd ever had any brains Captain , I should n't have been here now ! " |
17 | It was a long time before we recovered from the loss , and I vowed never to have another dog because we could never replace Sorrel . |
18 | I do not follow The Guardian 's statement about farm incomes being at their lowest for 50 years , because many farmers whom I know now have two cars , quite tidy houses and a reasonable lifestyle . |
19 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
20 | But when I went back to have another look they 'd been changed . |
21 | The truth is that I kept on having mental lapses , during which I could hear every word that was being spoken , understand the meaning of each word and even of some phrases , but could n't make these disparate utterances add up to anything that made sense . |
22 | I do not have five roubles , therefore I can not go to the loo . |
23 | ‘ I do not have half-a-billion dollars in assets . |
24 | That would take capital , and I do not have much money . |
25 | ‘ I 'll handle this , ’ said Dad ‘ Look Amy , you mother and I do not have much money . |
26 | I am not a taxi driver and I do not have seven Cure albums . |
27 | I do so with considerable trepidation since , as an author , I am a beneficiary of the book trade 's success and , moreover , despite my happy experiences of the trade and publishing in general , I do not have in-depth knowledge of the publishing business . |
28 | As one of the ‘ older ’ helpers it was a little like going back to school as my two ‘ children ’ are now 28 and 25 and I do not have any grandchildren so holding babies of 18 months upwards and playing with youngsters was quite a change . |
29 | ‘ My darling Constanza , ’ he said , ‘ I do not have any money . |
30 | I do not have any comment to make on that ship at the moment , but the hon. Gentleman will have heard what I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth ( Mr. Trotter ) about the aviation support ship , for which Swan 's is obviously one of the real contenders . |