Example sentences of "i have [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
2 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
3 | So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself . |
4 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
5 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
6 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
7 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
8 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
9 | Even if I 'd agreed to a fifth series , Pemberley would n't have lasted for ever . ’ |
10 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
11 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
12 | Do I have to put on a special overall or something ? |
13 | Why should I have to live in a one-bedroom flat when others have spacious houses ? |
14 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
15 | During the summer of 1979 I had moved into a collective house whose occupants were libertarian hippies , socialists , Christians and noisy heterosexual feminists . |
16 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
17 | I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time . |
18 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
19 | Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being . |
20 | And now our small party showed the same intimacy I had witnessed in all the random groupings I had seen with a recent experience of Machu Picchu behind them . |
21 | Luckily I had run off a faint quality copy ( like this letter ) to economise on ink cartridge use as cartridges £14 or so each . |
22 | In 1984 I had run in a makeshift team against the projected Olympic foursome . |
23 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
24 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
25 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
26 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
27 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
28 | By the time I had replaced the telephone in its cradle I had realized in a sudden , terrifying swoop of misery that I was in genuine danger . |
29 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
30 | Luckily , I had heard of a suitable den on the River Wye . |