Example sentences of "i have a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Can I have a tiny bit of your glue . |
| 3 | Ask yourself ‘ What are the pay-offs of being shy , and do I have a vested interest in maintaining them ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What should I have a guilty feeling about ? ’ |
| 5 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 6 | Er , before I ring off can I have a quick word with Cedric please — if he 's there ? |
| 7 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 8 | Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ? |
| 9 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 10 | At least I had a firmer grasp of the industrial development of West Ham and the distinct political culture it had witnessed , particularly during the 1890s . |
| 11 | Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible . |
| 12 | The next I heard was when I had a complete breakdown of Robert and Janet 's income erm with the breakdown of how a new settlement was was brought about . |
| 13 | Within a week I had a complete record of this remote site , it is amazing how much remains — an undercarriage with its wheel and tyre in place . |
| 14 | For a while I was scared that I was pregnant ; I had a disgusting sense of something alien inside me , like maggots or a cancer . |
| 15 | I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now . |
| 16 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 17 | I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different . |
| 18 | ‘ It was only much later , when it was too late to change anything , that I glimpsed the possibility that this may have been one small way in which I had a slight advantage over Gittel . |
| 19 | so he 's going to do that , so I said well look , do you mind if I had a wee sort of prelim talk with him |
| 20 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
| 21 | I had a tremendous sense of bereavement — it hurt inside — I had no idea it would be like that . ’ |
| 22 | And so quite a big job has been cutting reeds back around the islands and the banks , and also we 've had what they call blooms of blanketweed , not so much recently but , apparently it 's more common with new ponds and I had a tremendous bloom of blanketweed the first year after I made it . |
| 23 | ‘ Obviously , I have a tremendous amount of memories from here and I had a tremendous amount of success here , too . |
| 24 | I had a frantic clean round this morning in case he come ! |
| 25 | But somebody had been there much later , there was no doubt about that , and I had a sore spot on my head to prove it . |
| 26 | ‘ It was as if I had a vast chip on my shoulder . |
| 27 | Well she 's I had a right go at over that . |
| 28 | I had a right argument over that . |
| 29 | Now I had a right job with them . |
| 30 | ‘ Once next door and then I had a second breakfast with Dad . |