Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I have a terrible thing to tell you . |
| 2 | I have a roistering challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks . |
| 3 | My daughter and I have a Golden Retriever called Sandy . |
| 4 | I have a narrow bed to meet despair , |
| 5 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 6 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 7 | I have a good mind to ask you to serve full-time on my reporting staff , but I am selfish enough to want you to go on writing for me these exposés of low life , particularly the way in which such misery afflicts women . |
| 8 | Suddenly I have a great urge to tell you about it , knowing that you will understand as you have suffered so terribly yourself . |
| 9 | I have a great urge to throttle you , but that would prove I 'd inherited your madness and I want no trait of you to show in me , ever . |
| 10 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have a great deal to do , ’ she said in a dismissively grown-up voice . |
| 12 | I have a great deal to do . |
| 13 | I have a great deal to do . ’ |
| 14 | I have a great deal to say . |
| 15 | Commodores , members , I have a great announcement to make , there have been no other nominations for President of the Association . |
| 16 | I have a burning desire to see you spread out on my bed , every inch of you revealed for my delectation … ’ |
| 17 | I have a little money saved , perhaps it would help you get started . |
| 18 | I have a private helicopter to take me to and fro . ’ |
| 19 | I have a cruel desire to stand in front of one , step to the left , then to the right , then again to the left once more , just to confuse them . |
| 20 | I have a seven-year-old Rottweiler named Luke . |
| 21 | Mr Maxwell , in an affidavit of his own , confirms he has received payments from his mother but adds : ‘ I feel I have a moral obligation to repay as and when my resources permit . ’ |
| 22 | But sometimes — rarely , thank God — sometimes , I feel I have a moral duty to involve myself . ’ |
| 23 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 24 | And I have a new general to appoint . |
| 25 | I have a rare device to set Dutch windmills Upon New-market Heath , and Salisbury Plaine , To draine the Fens . |
| 26 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 27 | I really wanted to thank the little guy for saving my life , but I have a hard-bitten image to keep up . |
| 28 | I HAVE a Bali sunlamp made by Hanovia and need a small bulb approximately two inches long . |
| 29 | I have a short statement to make about arrangements for the debate on the motion for the Adjournment , which will follow the passing of the Consolidated Fund Bill on Thursday 12 December . |
| 30 | Normally I have a little conflab do you ? |