Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [art] [adj] " 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 rough passage with Canon Wheeler over the sermon , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 4 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | I had n't the remotest idea , but I followed the little rails which were used by the tiny railway to carry food up to the dining rooms … |
| 6 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 7 | I had n't the least idea where on the head was the best place to hit or how hard it had to be . |
| 8 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 9 | ‘ For a long time , ’ replied Ray , ‘ I had n't the faintest idea . |
| 10 | I had n't the faintest idea who he was , but he looked jolly . |
| 11 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 12 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 13 | Honestly , I had n't the slightest idea what I was going to say as I walked up to you . |
| 14 | But I had exactly the contrary feeling . |
| 15 | Ross 's experience struck an identical chord with me , for John Sheard and I had exactly the same experience on the first ascent of Face Route where the second , hanging on a sling to remove gear , was observed by a member of the establishment and a rumour immediately started that was rapidly translated into guidebook writer 's ‘ fact ’ . |
| 16 | I had exactly the same feeling about her , although we had never met . ’ |
| 17 | When I eventually arrived back at Duxford , I had exactly the same amount of fuel on board that I flew out with ! ’ |
| 18 | I had exactly the same problem when using Windows 3.1 with an Epson LQ400 printer . |
| 19 | Well , when that thing in the mask jumped out from behind the boxes and ran up the stairs , I had exactly the same feeling . |
| 20 | yes , I had exactly the same thing , being a top flight secretary at work |
| 21 | I had over a thousand letters of congratulation . |
| 22 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 23 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 24 | I had not the first notion of mechanics , but you with your capable hands worked on the machine until , after running with it , pushing it along , we were able to make the engine tick over again . |
| 25 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 26 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |
| 27 | Until recently when I went to a conference on security in libraries and other collections I had not the slightest knowledge of the seamy side of that world or any idea that it had one . |
| 28 | I had not the slightest inkling that they would emerge , which is why " emerge " is the right word . |
| 29 | Arrayed against me I had both the TUC-affiliated unions and the Royal College of Nursing , the professional organization representing the nurses . |
| 30 | Matter of fact , as I told Heather , I stumbled on something that last evening which suggested I had completely the wrong end of the stick . |