Example sentences of "i have [verb] a [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now . |
| 2 | Cos er like I say , if I 'd had a window open or so you know what I mean ? |
| 3 | I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’ |
| 4 | When and I got married I had to wear a size 16 wedding dress . |
| 5 | If I had possessed a gun that day I would have shot Frank ; that is how bad I felt . |
| 6 | I felt I had to push a bit harder to get to the answer in the lesson . |
| 7 | Apparently , if I had waited a bit longer prices would have been much higher . |
| 8 | ‘ I had to make a guess this morning , ’ she told Alina , glancing back over her shoulder from the Cona machine as she waited for the water to run down through the filter . |
| 9 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 10 | Then I was showered with the realisation that I had spent half a working day thinking these thoughts , during which time , if I had put a foot wrong , I would have immediately proved , to some people 's satisfaction , the innate unsuitability of women for this kind of work ; and that clinched it ; and I wrote the letter and confirmed the complaint . |
| 11 | Once I had established a tub full of white worm , every plant pot in the house was seeded with a small amount of worm and these are occasionally fed with a piece of moist bread . |
| 12 | I 've gone a bit mad about cleaning as my mother 's coming to stay this summer . |
| 13 | we would be in a position to have this letter because I 'm getting anxious , I 've written a logo first and then this long term , short term and they 're connected |
| 14 | I 've tasted a lot worse . |
| 15 | Such speakers may make overgeneralisations which are not appropriate either as HE or as SE , for example : " I 've done a course two years ago " ( Harris 1984 : 315 ) . |
| 16 | Proud of his pink tie : I 've worn a tie this shade for forty-five years . |
| 17 | All I know is that I 've felt a mite sadder every time an indie distributor like Making Waves or Red Rhino have hit the dust . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've given a copy free to everyone who 's donated something to us . |
| 19 | Down below , they 're discussing the election : ‘ Do you know , I 've noticed a lot less humour at this election . |
| 20 | ‘ But if I do n't achieve it , I wo n't think I 've had a life unfulfilled . |
| 21 | ‘ Yet I have been in the game for two decades , I 've had a number big race successes and I was even stable jockey for Vincent O'Brien for three years . |
| 22 | I do n't have H R T , I did n't have any problems luckily , with the menopause but I feel I 've I 've found a bit more of who I really am , you know ! |
| 23 | ‘ I 've bought a couple more outfits , a smart black dress , some good trousers , ’ she said eagerly . |
| 24 | Well I 've learnt a lesson good and proper and I 'ope I never see you again . ’ |
| 25 | I 've driven a Caterham Seven through blizzards and thunderstorms with the hood down , and I 'm not even British . ’ |
| 26 | But I 've ordered a navy blue skirt and I 'm praying it comes and if it comes it fits . |
| 27 | All the later ones we can but I 've got a couple more of these ones that work this one coming anyway so |
| 28 | I 've got a helicopter due to pick us up in half an hour , and the Citation 's on stand-by . |
| 29 | I 've got a bulb loose but there 's a little |
| 30 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |