Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 God willing , Pa says , I may get to have a double helping tomorrow .
2 I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there .
3 I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks .
4 ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’
5 I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’
6 I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself
7 I might have had a splendid pad ,
8 I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this .
9 The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own .
10 So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration .
11 I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself .
12 Ha I could have had a lovely new one !
13 So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas .
14 I 'd love to have a professional
15 I 'd love to have a beautiful garden one day , she thought idly .
16 oh dear oh dear , I 'd hate to have a broken jaw Now what you gon na do ?
17 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
18 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
19 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
20 I 'd like to have a good head on me .
21 I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’
22 I 'd like to have a proper team together right from the start . ’
23 Sit down , my dear , I 'd like to have a little chat with you .
24 I 'd like to have a little talk with you . ’
25 I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut .
26 It sounds nonsense to me , but I 'd like to have a brief resume of the affair to hand , just in case there 's a sudden panic at Number Ten . ’
27 On some of these P O A's if there 's a big potential , I 'd like to have a dummy net list .
28 I would prefer to have a concrete base , sides and back to these tanks , but wonder how to seal the front viewing glass . , .
29 ‘ Rather than seeing total disagreement , I would prefer to have a good compromise , ’ he said .
30 I would love to have a chauffeured Cadillac but I ca n't afford it . ’
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