Example sentences of "[pron] have [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I told her I 'd breast-fed the children on it and taught them to read by the fire on it , and that it had been wonderful as a family gathering place for many years . |
2 | I 'd half-expected the door to be on a chain or to be asked to push some ID through the letter-box before she opened up . |
3 | Er he wanted to er see me , his brother had got promoted and was Half of his book was come vacant , would I have half the book ? |
4 | Saturday night and stayed with his friends like and I , I and I did n't like it , I could I was lying in bed I thought I heard noises and all and I had all the windows |
5 | But I do n't like it being stuffy , so this morning , I had all the windows open , cos it 's nice and sunny and , erm , I had the windows open . |
6 | I thought I had all the answers although I did n't know what was going on . |
7 | And , of course , when you are young , you are always looking forward , and I had all the answers ready when Clare asked me , ‘ But what about your plans ? ’ |
8 | At last the shops opened and like a kid with a tanner , I hunted and sniffed and tasted and tried , imagining what I 'd buy if I had all the money in the world . |
9 | For example , if I had all the money in the world I could quite easily buy a hundred Ferraris if I wished . |
10 | I had all the credentials . ’ |
11 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
12 | A year I had all the symptoms and I went and got a book and read about it and tried to find out as much possible about it and the book scared me silly because it told me all these things that could happen |
13 | And then , of course , I was n't able to attend much when I was left on my own after Mother and Uncle Tommy died and I had all the milking and farmwork to do myself . |
14 | My mother was beside herself and after that , although she still almost worshipped her , she was afraid even to hold her up or lift her , so I had all the care of her . |
15 | I had all the cosmetics a woman could want . |
16 | ‘ Since I had all the arrangements made for the trip , I thought it would be a good opportunity to get some sponsorship to help replace the missing equipment . ’ |
17 | I had all the time in the world . |
18 | so they wasted time by changing the guard , and I had all the time in the world to destroy the documents . |
19 | Within two hours I had all the information I needed to know . |
20 | That means I 've all the kitchen tasks and the washing to do , not to mention acting as lady 's maid to both — and everything else besides ! ’ |
21 | no I 've two the week after |
22 | ‘ I 've unblocked the case , have n't I ? ’ |
23 | ‘ I 've unblocked the chimney ; the fire 's going well now . ’ |
24 | ‘ I have all the housework to do , and the shopping . ’ |
25 | I 'm not sure I have all the answers . |
26 | Although I enjoy boxing day cos I have all the family there |
27 | And at this hour , I have all the time that I need . ’ |
28 | ‘ And I have all the time I need , madame , ’ she added with cool emphasis . |
29 | O K , the only difference is , that if you do make an appointment and make it a sale , I have all the commission . |
30 | ‘ But I have all the rooms to get ready for the guests that are arriving … ’ |