Example sentences of "[noun pl] i have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 2 | I 'm sure you already have too many papers to read , but since I have spare copies I have enclosed a background paper we received on a European coastal conservation strategy , and a commentary on the EC and the Ramsar Convention in preparation for the 5th conference of the contracting parties of the Convention . |
| 3 | During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit . |
| 4 | There 's one happening today in ten minutes I 've got a car waiting outside |
| 5 | Sure enough , within a couple of minutes I had raised a trucker . |
| 6 | In the past six months I 've worn a pair for a variety of purposes , from rock climbing to trekking , from gardening to pubbing and they 're still presentable . |
| 7 | To describe the underlying messages I 've borrowed a term from script-writing , the sub-text , which describes the intentions and motivation behind the words . |
| 8 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 9 | For the past seven years I have run a job share register on behalf of the British Paediatric Association . |
| 10 | During the last two years I have spent a total of 15 minutes a day with my son 's diaper bucket and can deal quickly with even the most challenging mess . |
| 11 | Er we 've been in , ten years in this shop and er , for those ten years I have experienced a lot of er difference in the attitudes of Muslim women as well . |
| 12 | Under Chambers 's auspices I 've prepared a questionnaire on ( intermediate ) learners ' dictionaries , along with a piece of sample text and a batch of parallel extracts from four other publishers ' dictionaries of about the same level , and I 'd be ever so grateful if I could send you about 10 of these sets to distribute amongst fellow teachers and some of the students , as you think fit ; and of course I 'd be pleased if you 'd answer one yourself . |
| 13 | Give him a pack of Aspirins I 've got a pack here . |
| 14 | When he said that about kidneys and tigers I 'd felt a shock of fear . |
| 15 | He had earlier held the blade to the throat of shopkeeper 's nephew Gursawak Singh , 19 , and snarled : ‘ Tell the police I have got a hostage . ’ |
| 16 | Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return . |