Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] it [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute
2 You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference .
3 How can I have dreamed it as a six-year-old ?
4 In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green .
5 I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song .
6 I thought I had seen it in a Met report , some time back .
7 I felt that I had known it for a long time .
8 I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome .
9 I had purchased it in a back street in Alexandria , and had become , in a short time , unreasonably attached to it .
10 Beth had invoked the help of God or Jesus Christ and I had taken it like a lamb .
11 And I 've placed it in a strategic position .
12 I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’
13 I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear !
14 I 've converted it into a study .
15 I would advise such readers not to lose heart : there is nothing in this book which can not be grasped by an 11-year-old who employs a little application : I know , because I 've tested it on an 11-year-old .
16 I 've done it for a number of smaller companies and charged a fortune for it
17 Well I 've tried to explain to him , I 've actually sat down and said , You have got , and I 've done it in a way of , of sets .
18 I 've noticed it in a lot of my friends .
19 I 've swapped it for a couple of weeks .
20 And I 've heard it from a whole bunch of people , she says stuff , she actually tells people I 'm on heroin all the time .
21 Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were .
22 I 've had it for a week .
23 I do n't know what 's going to happen , so , Carrie , I must say it — I 've implied it in a thousand different ways for months now — I …
24 I 've rented it for a fortnight .
25 My flatmate moved out a month ago , and in that month I 've used it as an excuse to binge .
26 Pic oh I 've got it for a week and if I get successful in doing so many tapes then I get twenty pound , twenty five pound v voucher to spend
27 Erm , tell me if I 'm repeating it , because I have said it to a couple of other groups I know , especially the Wednesday group .
28 I have moved it to a small paddock beyond the castle walls . ’
29 I was not so much gratified with the interior of the country as I had anticipated but the people tell me I have seen it in an unfavorable season , in consequence of no rain having fallen for 3 months .
30 Since receiving a copy I have scrutinised it with a fine toothpick and believe the whole thing to be completely bogus .
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