Example sentences of "[vb past] i have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so close to these birds , they were like friends , and it seemed I had a personal responsibility towards them . |
| 2 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 3 | It had picked up quite a bit of loose weed which kept jamming in the top ring , but this was periodically removed by Mr Gardner who , by now , knew I had a good fish on and had been warned that any foul-ups at the net would seriously hinder his future fathering capabilities . |
| 4 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 5 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 7 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
| 8 | However , he then faded from the scene and afterwards said : ‘ I had a lot of clutch trouble and I 'm bitterly disappointed for I thought I had a real chance . ’ |
| 9 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
| 10 | He probably thought I had a soft heart . |
| 11 | She was nice , you know , she said I had a nice bum , ’ said Derek . |
| 12 | They said I had a white voice . |
| 13 | So she said I 've a good mind to write to the manager so Bobby said you wan na leave well alone , forget he said . |