Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I worked at , when I started off in the I quite liked my job in there , you made your own pay , and I liked , it was a starching job , I 'd quite a good job in there . |
| 2 | Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’ |
| 3 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 4 | ‘ I had rather a rough passage with Canon Wheeler over the sermon , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 5 | I had n't a clue what was expected . |
| 6 | I had n't a friend in the room . |
| 7 | I had n't a clue about such things in those days . |
| 8 | I had n't a penny and I was flabbergasted to learn that Jerry can expect thousands . |
| 9 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | I would have tried to contact you , but I had n't a phone number . |
| 11 | It 's no proof I had n't a clue |
| 12 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
| 13 | ‘ That wo n't be a problem , ’ I told him with bravado , though I had n't a clue how I would get hold of the balance of the cash . |
| 14 | But , I went out , I had n't a card that was just right . |
| 15 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 16 | I had over a thousand letters of congratulation . |
| 17 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 18 | ( At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but , in hindsight , he was , of course , referring to Boleyn 's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment . ) |
| 19 | I kid you not , I had not a clue as to what she might be talking about . |
| 20 | And then ( with a curious scrutiny of my face ) , ‘ Mrs Ross and I had quite a long chat the other afternoon . |
| 21 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 22 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 23 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 24 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 25 | Then I suddenly found I had quite a lot of projects going on , working for Kenny Rogers and Jimmy Ruffin … |
| 26 | So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . |
| 28 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 29 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 30 | The thing I hated most about my pregnancy was the hot weather and my body changing I had quite a nice figure before but now along with the stretch marks , I hate my body . |