Example sentences of "but i [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
2 | ‘ Nothing about the local connection yet but I 've had a word with the boys at Penzance . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises . |
5 | He The gaffer felt I was upset because I was not in the side , but I 've had a virus . |
6 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
7 | But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business . |
8 | I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself |
9 | It was lateish when Paul Seddon had gone , nearly eleven o'clock , but I wanted to have a word with Miss Macdonald . |
10 | ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’ |
11 | I am neither very old nor at all senile , Isabel Lavender thought , but I do have a sister who is selfish and easily led , and in this world , none of us are safe from the navy-blue ambulance . |
12 | I ca n't play one personally but I do have a lady in my band who 's who can , very very good accordion player who assures me she can play a zither as well you see . |
13 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
14 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
15 | But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly . |
16 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
17 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
18 | I 've wished then that I could say honestly , ‘ But I did have a child of my own , a little boy by the only man I have truly loved . ’ |
19 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
20 | Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip . |
21 | ‘ But I have had a child , and although he 's gone , that love , that joy will stay with me forever . |
22 | I am not claiming it is my doing , but I have had a hand in the fact that four years ago and two years ago and again this year we have had exhibitions by living sculptors . |
23 | But I have had a letter erm explaining where the billboards are in our area and how much they cost . |
24 | I would n't have known myself , but I happen to have a pair of ears in that establishment . |
25 | Perhaps doing Shakespeare spoils you for that , but I think having a text that is good is important . |
26 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
27 | But I found having a child had put enormous strains on the marriage . |