Example sentences of "i have [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day I left Woodline you knew that I 'd made an enormous mistake , yet you — ’ |
| 2 | She was refused entry at the dentist on formal hygiene regulation grounds , and luckily , oh so luckily , I 'd met an old friend in a shop opposite the dentist so he took Bella off for a walk . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it 's ridiculous , but it felt as if I 'd taken an enormous jump into the dark , that night with you … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 5 | I had made an interesting discovery . |
| 6 | I felt I had joined an Out-in-the-Open University crash course in bird identification . |
| 7 | I had reached an impenetrable blockade . |
| 8 | I had planned an early night , but when I heard about the disco , I decided a visit to the Club 's hairdresser and a night on the dance floor would be much more enjoyable ! |
| 9 | Trying to bring those those elements together into a single definition , I I had to use an established grouping of permanent habitation . |
| 10 | The fact that I had adopted an alternative approach via traditional Chinese medicine was brushed aside as irrelevant . |
| 11 | I had prepared an unimaginative tunafish salad for the two of us in order to show off my new personal austerity programme . |
| 12 | Looking up into his concerned brown eyes , I had felt an inexpres-sible sense of relief . |
| 13 | Instead , I had sent an open letter to John that I hoped to get printed in the Lebanese press . |
| 14 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 15 | My toes went gangrenous and I had to have an arterial bypass . |
| 16 | I had bought an Afro wig and added hooks on to a charm bracelet , then worked out three minutes of self-deprecating material which I wrapped up in a song — Roberta Flack 's ‘ Killing Me Softly ’ . |
| 17 | I had expected an American senator to be as pompous and flatulent as a British MP , but George Crowninshield had proved affable and friendly . |
| 18 | Driving to a knitting meeting with Bryan our Club President , I happened to mention that I had acquired an old Empisal 100 for knitting thicker yarns and slub cottons . |
| 19 | SINCE the late Sixties , I had enjoyed an annual fishing holiday in August on the River Avon on the Ballindalloch estate in Banffshire . |
| 20 | I had to make an instant decision , so I steered Foinavon to the right — the outside — to get away from the main part of the melee . |
| 21 | To tell my story : because I was very conscious that out of the static situation of the servant being the one who was menacing the Judge I had to make an ongoing story . |
| 22 | As a result , I had to make an expensive taxi journey to arrive at the meeting on time . |
| 23 | I then clicked on the Auto Summation icon and the results were instantly inserted — and because I had left an empty row between the data and the row in which I wanted the totals , a ruling was automatically added . |
| 24 | ‘ I wanted each chapter to be separate , but I did n't want it to be a set of separate short stories ; so I had to keep an enormous notebook of who they all were and what they were doing at any given time . |
| 25 | I had postponed an important business meeting in order to remain at home to see him . ’ |
| 26 | The paperwork was so vast that in 1988 I had to add an entire floor in my house in Ireland to accommodate it , and that turned out not to be enough . |
| 27 | Whilst I had nothing in the way of academy to display , I had won an open competition at the YMCA Baghdad Tennis Tournament , and was scrum-half for a 15 that was scratched up to play odd sides like the Palestine Police , or a crew from a Red Sea sloop on a visit . |
| 28 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 29 | Since getting the equipment two years ago , I 've become an avid collector of compact discs — to a point little short of addiction . |
| 30 | I 've seen an entire kitchen going red from an Aga . |