Example sentences of "i [vb past] to have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 2 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 3 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
| 4 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |
| 5 | Because of the difficulty of leaving the children , my wife and I decided to have a short break away on our own this year . |
| 6 | I managed to have a brief word with the rescued pilot as he was carried on a stretcher into the ambulance . |
| 7 | Ken said , ‘ I had to have a new banjo . |
| 8 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 9 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 10 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |