Example sentences of "i have have a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question . |
| 2 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ she said before I 'd had a chance to say anything . |
| 3 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 4 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 5 | This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd had a novel published when I was 16 , really quite a poor novel called The Kids , the kind of thing that people write when they 're in the fifth form , except that mine got published . |
| 7 | And I had to have an address to send the bill for the storage , which I would send to her on account every three months . |
| 8 | " I had to have an umbrella to walk you home . " |
| 9 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 10 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 11 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 12 | So I 'm have it straight across and I 've had a border put across there just to make |
| 13 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 14 | I ca n't remember now , I know I 've had a go to have a look at them to see how , to see exactly how , cos what I thought , what I thought I was gon na do was , I did n't like the furniture of the , of the speakers and when I was keeping that system I was gon na remount the speakers in the box a bit more you know decorative |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 'm not going to commit myself to anything until I 've had a chance to talk to him . ’ |
| 17 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 19 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 20 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
| 21 | It seems to be all questions this week , and I 've had a friend asking if it is possible to add stain to varnish to change the colour . |
| 22 | Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had a copy made , ’ he said , ‘ you can take it with you , show it to your sister . |
| 24 | S sounds like I 've had an operation does n't it ? |
| 25 | In punting , too , I have had a tendency to reach for too much length and so have been prone to slicing my kicks . |
| 26 | ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter . |
| 27 | For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time . |
| 28 | I have had an opportunity to study in some detail how this resistance to change has nearly ruined the Swiss watch industry . |
| 29 | I have to have an excuse to do something like that . |