Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a problem " in BNC.

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1 You see I have a problem of a — ’ and she smiled again — ‘ a rather delicate nature … ’
2 Then I started to make myself vomit and knew I had a problem .
3 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem , ’ he said .
4 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’
5 ‘ He told me I had a problem because I refused to do anything with him .
6 And I admitted to myself that I was an alcoholic and I had a problem with prescription pills , and in order to survive — in order to live — had to change that .
7 Erm I had a problem with the Amstrad keyboard .
8 I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences .
9 But I had a problem getting it on and off ; the clasp seemed to settle between my shoulders where I could n't reach . ’
10 Listen , though — I had a problem here .
11 It was in the pleasure area , as usual , that I found I had a problem .
12 P.S. — Sorry I sent this to the group , I had a problem sending it direct to you Tim .
13 Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given
14 ‘ I could not accept in my heart that I had a problem , ’ she explains .
15 Gascoigne said : ‘ Graham Taylor said through the week I had a problem but he was not prepared to announce it .
16 But I had a problem in that very often people wanted a double wardrobe moving and of course it then needed two men .
17 I 've a problem , and there 's no one here to give me a hand .
18 One is summed up by Boyce 's statement ‘ I have a problem with my success ’ .
19 I have a problem with Crevecoeur , ’ he began .
20 I own a 1968 IIA Station Wagon and I have a problem with the overdrive filling up with oil .
21 Now I have a problem with the water sender unit which started when the pre-heater switch broke and started to burn .
22 I have a problem .
23 Earlier than that I have a problem and it is my problem ; if you look at the 500 or so records I have produced there is quite a small percentage either on original instruments or of pre-Classical music .
24 Statements such as ‘ I have a problem I think you can help me with ’ are infinitely more effective than ‘ You 've done it again , ’ or ‘ Why do you always clutter ? ’
25 The more we use phrases such as ‘ I have a problem I think you can help me with ’ , the fewer problems we will have in the bedroom .
26 Soozi Holbeche says , ‘ If I have a problem — a headache or a twisted ankle — I put the crystal in my bed .
27 I have a problem with leeches in my pond .
28 I have a problem with my marine fish — in particular with a Regal Tang which is scratching itself against the tufa rock .
29 I have a problem , I am dressing a doll for a ‘ Name the Doll ’ competition for our local committee of Cancer Relief and Cancer Research .
30 Lee thinks I have a problem , I can tell .
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