Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | God willing , Pa says , I may get to have a double helping tomorrow . |
2 | I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there . |
3 | I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks . |
4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I must have had a bad dream and screamed in my sleep . ’ |
5 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
6 | I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself |
7 | I might have had a splendid pad , |
8 | I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this . |
9 | The Sheffield Bomber said : ‘ I 'll have to have a long , serious think about my future — but I 'll make the decision , on my own . |
10 | So I 'll have to have a belated erm celebration . |
11 | I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself . |
12 | Ha I could have had a lovely new one ! |
13 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
14 | I 'd love to have a professional |
15 | I 'd love to have a beautiful garden one day , she thought idly . |
16 | oh dear oh dear , I 'd hate to have a broken jaw Now what you gon na do ? |
17 | If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now . |
18 | Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her . |
19 | ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now . |
20 | I 'd like to have a good head on me . |
21 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
22 | I 'd like to have a proper team together right from the start . ’ |
23 | Sit down , my dear , I 'd like to have a little chat with you . |
24 | I 'd like to have a little talk with you . ’ |
25 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
26 | It sounds nonsense to me , but I 'd like to have a brief resume of the affair to hand , just in case there 's a sudden panic at Number Ten . ’ |
27 | On some of these P O A's if there 's a big potential , I 'd like to have a dummy net list . |
28 | I would prefer to have a concrete base , sides and back to these tanks , but wonder how to seal the front viewing glass . , . |
29 | ‘ Rather than seeing total disagreement , I would prefer to have a good compromise , ’ he said . |
30 | I would love to have a chauffeured Cadillac but I ca n't afford it . ’ |