Example sentences of "i [modal v] have a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herbert 's daily life at Bemerton can be envisaged from his book The Country Parson ( later published as The Priest to the Temple ) , which he wrote , as he explained , ‘ that I may have a mark to aim at ’ . |
| 2 | LADY DAVERS : Did I not tell you , Jackey , that I should have a wit to talk to ? |
| 3 | ‘ I never thought I should have a friend to play with and a pony to ride , Aunty ! ’ she said happily , as she got ready to go out and call for Angela Yatton . |
| 4 | Flavia said happily , ‘ It would be quite wonderful , I should have a family to come home to in the holidays all my life . ’ |
| 5 | I might have a sausage roll the sandwiches are alright , but you can eat them twice as many ca n't you ? |
| 6 | I 'll have a word to say to her when she gets back . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you suppose I 'll have a nightmare like that every night ? ’ |
| 8 | Well one of the obvious pluses is that I 'll have a chance to do what I want to do when I want to do it . |
| 9 | Since you 're obviously a young man of ardent passions , perhaps I 'll have a chance to show you personally what I mean — and sooner than you think . |
| 10 | ‘ Very well , Doctor , I 'll have a squad readied . |
| 11 | I 'll have a look see how far ours are apart in the garden |
| 12 | Hang on I 'll have a look see where we are . |
| 13 | I 'll have a man posted . " |
| 14 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 15 | Well , if yu 'd just step into the Saloon , I 'll have a fire lit in no time . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps I 'll have a bath to see if that helps this backache — oh no not again — I 'll never get dry in time — |
| 17 | As soon as it 's possible I 'll have a car take you to the airport . |
| 18 | And she would be if I could have a woman come in to scrub the floors . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And when it comes to females I 'd have a problem trying to escape them anyway , ’ he said , determinedly light . |
| 20 | But no , the sun beat down , I 'd have a tan to rival Cal 's on the Costa Blanca . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I 'd have a chance to explain everything . |
| 22 | I hoped I 'd have a chance to call in on your aunt some time today , and thought I 'd ring from Downshurst to ask if it would be convenient . |
| 23 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
| 24 | I used to have a teacher called Mrs . |
| 25 | What else if I , I have to go and relieve er if I want er to only work down the cabin and it come to meal times cos we carried on dredging from six in the morning we do al all the winters round cos they eat on the dredger they used to eat three winches four winches on the dredger cos they 'd heave the dredger across the river and back again , wo when they come to meal times I used to have to go on and relieve the man what was driving that winch and I used t cos the er er chins coming round the barrel of the winch they used to override and I used to have a handle to knock them clear . |
| 26 | Thessy and I would have a chance to strengthen the rigging during our two-week trial period with the twins , but some jobs simply could not be done at sea . |
| 27 | We have come from the country to a city , and I shall have a chance to get settled in and find new friends before they all take off . |
| 28 | I shall have a lot to say when the time comes . ’ |
| 29 | I will have a room prepared for you . |
| 30 | ‘ She comes in first thing , but steer clear until about nine o'clock so I can have a chance to explain things . ’ |