Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 Ask yourself ‘ What are the pay-offs of being shy , and do I have a vested interest in maintaining them ? ’
2 I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create .
3 Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis .
4 I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre .
5 Bill and I had a great deal in common .
6 I had a splendid time in London , ’ he added , with an air of triumph .
7 Much later in the book I had a small scene in which one character is seen just about to tell the murderer , who was not conceivably present when the Maharajah perpetrated his joke , what had happened .
8 I had a small breather in which to feel pleased that there was this part of me that could take over , like an automatic pilot , and carry on as usual .
9 To end on a happier note , I had a marvellous time in the robot business .
10 Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about .
11 I had a similar experience in the vestibule of the BBC with an interviewee from the Festival of Light who was declaiming the sins of magazines with open-crotch poses so loudly that I had to pretend I was n't with him .
12 I had a similar experience in the Byrom Street .
13 On reading R. Penfold 's article in the April ‘ 92 issue of Everyday Electronics , I had a similar query in my mind to that of Mr G. I. Smith ( Everyday Readout May'92 ) .
14 Buster bought a very old and very large American motor car — I believe the price was £10 and , being probably one of the poorest of apprentices at the time , I had a 10 share in this syndicate .
15 I had a good friend in Marius , who had been in the Swedish Army before joining the Legion .
16 I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there .
17 In her letter of acknowledgement and thanks the lady wrote , ‘ I would have written sooner but I had a strained muscle in my leg ’ .
18 If I had a little money in a rich man 's world .
19 Then I would be accused of being a racist , take this for example , I was down at lower school , I had a black girl in my class , she did something or another .
20 I had a fixed image in my head of what I wanted to become , culled from history books and magazine articles in Paris Match .
21 Now I had a new mission in life — to ensure that every tinker caravan in Ireland contained a picture of a donkey dancing while a devil played the fiddle .
22 I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until …
23 I had a lovely seat in the front row of the circle , beside Sir Roger Falk , a most entertaining companion who was Chairman of the Sadler 's Wells Foundation for ten years , and is now Vice-President of the Foundation , for which Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is patron , and Princess Margaret is President .
24 I had a huge hole in my wrist , the skin taken off my hand .
25 hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds .
26 I di last night when I was up there and he said to me what was that noise , I went through all the piles and I had a quick look in the bureau but , I did n't find that , I do n't know what I 've done with that
27 Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students .
28 My brother Rollo and I had a consuming interest in cricket and knew the names and performances of all first-class cricketers from about 1946 onwards .
29 But I had a passionate interest in model trains .
30 TIMOTHY and I had a wonderful time in Lourdes and I feel so much comfort from it .
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