Example sentences of "i have a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd a terrible urge to shout , Fuck-all 's well up this turret , mate ! |
2 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
3 | I wish I had a spare lifetime to spend in trying to paint it . ’ |
4 | I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal . |
5 | I had a rare job rousing you this morning . ’ |
6 | I had a great thing going with … |
7 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
8 | I had a loving husband to hold and support me throughout . |
9 | ‘ I knew , you see , that my mother could n't help leaving me and that , even in her illness , I had a loving role to play . |
10 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
11 | But I had a real family to attend to — not Dad , who was preoccupied , but Mum . |
12 | I had a real ambition to ride round Badminton , but had a terrible fall which left me with two broken legs before I could do that . |
13 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
14 | I had a strong desire to repossess . |
15 | And I had a strong need to pit myself against her many suitors , and win . |
16 | Wreathed in trails of cigarette smoke , I had a burning desire to leap upon a chair and harangue the multitude . |
17 | I had a young fellow come up to me one day — he had eighteen months ' service . |
18 | ‘ If I had a magnifying glass screwed intae ma heid I might , ’ his friend replied scornfully . |
19 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
20 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
21 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
22 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
23 | I 'm beginning to wonder , if I had a cardboard cut-out made of myself and stuck that in front of him , whether he 'd even notice . ’ |
24 | JTR and I had a new door to walk through practically every night . |
25 | I had a new man to help me now . |
26 | I had a new curate to do my work — Arthur Nicholls , a young man of twenty-eight . |
27 | Therefore , next time they spawned I left the eggs where they were until I had a new tank prepared for the adults . |
28 | Yes , erm , I had a new face made eleven years ago , and I 'm very happy with this face . |
29 | I had to hang blankets over the windows at night , and in the morning they were so heavy with moisture that I had a proper job taking them down . |
30 | I had a proper job teaching mad scallies in the people 's republic of Skelmersdale . |