Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a present I had received a large book of complex Legion history written in difficult French . |
| 2 | It was a landmark I had passed a thousand times and yet had never properly explored . |
| 3 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 4 | As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer . |
| 5 | The resulting explosion had the dead and stunned fish floating on the surface of the water , a procedure I had practised a few times in the Highlands , lobbing a grenade into a salmon pool , a dangerous procedure if caught by someone in authority . |
| 6 | She said they 've all come to work oh I 've won a prize I 've got a car or I 've won this that and the other . |
| 7 | It was a movement I had seen a hundred times on television , but never before in real life . |
| 8 | Well when when the doctor saw him on a fortnight ago this Friday today , a fortnight ago today the doctor phoned the ward and said have you got a bed I 've got a man here who 's be who is between myself and my curry dinner time and you could be saving two people 's lives my life cos he was so hungry |
| 9 | Half way through a number I 've seen a commotion going on and it 's Mum , trying to climb the barriers . |
| 10 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |