Example sentences of "[adv] i have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students . |
| 2 | Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson . |
| 3 | Suddenly I have a great urge to tell you about it , knowing that you will understand as you have suffered so terribly yourself . |
| 4 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly . |
| 7 | A Buckinghamshire village boy ‘ liked best to go and stay ’ with a farming grandmother , finding a ‘ special quiet ’ and ‘ peace ’ about her ; while a Yorkshire weaver 's son who went to stay with his grandmother for several weeks ‘ during family sickness ’ always kept the bond they made then — ‘ religious , yet loving , although seemingly cold , perhaps I had a special bit of her love , for she corrected me with thrashing me . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps I have a different point of view from the older generation . " |
| 9 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 10 | I noticed the filters were sm smeared and it 's like a smear on the filter , so I had a close inspection , found that they were all actually clogged up with what appeared to be superglue . |
| 11 | So I had a quick look at them . |
| 12 | So I had a quiet talk with young Murchie , and we came to a business arrangement . |
| 13 | So I had a quiet dinner — alone , for Mala was still sulking — followed by a refreshing sleep . |
| 14 | So I have a good breakfast and go back to bed . |
| 15 | So I have a certain interest , you could say a certain responsibility . " |
| 16 | On the other hand , my own feeling would be very much that schools have to prepare children for taking their life in the community and the community is mixed sex , it 's not single sex , so I have a slight aversion to single sex institutions . |
| 17 | Nevertheless I had a brief affair with the redoubtable Maud . |
| 18 | Soon I had a big army . |
| 19 | Normally I have a little conflab do you ? |
| 20 | Inwardly I had a sneaking admiration for them because they had been sure that they did n't like the Legion and so had acted directly and left . |
| 21 | Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible . |
| 22 | It seemed the family had the same feeling because a week later I had a pleasant letter from the mother . |
| 23 | A day or two later I had a free morning , in which I intended to follow a class in Spanish language . |
| 24 | So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since ! |
| 25 | Now I had a good view of the countryside . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 28 | Now I had a right job with them . |
| 29 | I had a flimsy recollection of being afraid of getting drowned ; now I had a flimsy suspicion that I might be buried under snow and never rise again to the surface . |
| 30 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |