Example sentences of "i have [adv] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just had an idea for a way of doing Lear and it had brought me luck . |
| 2 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 3 | In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land . |
| 4 | I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five ! |
| 5 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 6 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 7 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 8 | I 'd never had a woman when I married Bella . |
| 9 | I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better have a drink . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd better have a bottle then . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 14 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 15 | I 'd better have a word with him . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd better have a look , ’ he said . |
| 17 | And talking of checking , I 'd better have a look through the house to see if anything 's missing . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better have a look at it first . ’ |
| 20 | Er well perhaps I 'd better have a look . |
| 21 | I I was only off the plane just last week I 'd better have a look at this |
| 22 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 24 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
| 25 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 26 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 27 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
| 28 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 29 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 30 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |