Example sentences of "i have a [adj] [noun sg] of " 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 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 4 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 5 | Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I had a tremendous sense of bereavement — it hurt inside — I had no idea it would be like that . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Obviously , I have a tremendous amount of memories from here and I had a tremendous amount of success here , too . |
| 16 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 17 | There was sliding down the banisters , toys left on the stairs , a new untidiness , a quickening of life and , sometimes , in the hurdy-gurdy I had a strange sense of ‘ presences ’ , two other children , silent , well-behaved . |
| 18 | And so it was not until January , four months after moving in , that I had a reasonable chance of settling down . |
| 19 | " I had a great sense of the worth of a simple person 's life and service to God . " |
| 20 | I had a great opinion of my person and air , which had been remarked by many ladies whom my vanity thought to be very good judges of these outward advantages . |
| 21 | ( How would my life change if I had a great deal of money ? |
| 22 | Erm we were asked by the managing director er a man called W P whom I had a great deal of respect for , because he was a , he was a design engineer by trade and , and craft . |
| 23 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 24 | We were to fly across , which suited me , as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea . |
| 25 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 26 | In my early years here , I had a small group of friends from home who were also studying or nursing . |
| 27 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
| 28 | I was in for two weeks , during which I had a wide variety of tests . |
| 29 | I had a tiny bit of a giggle ! |
| 30 | For a moment I had a ridiculous sense of anti-climax . |