Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] a [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 over a thousand letters of congratulation . |
| 6 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 7 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 8 | So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 11 | I had quite a good chat with Ray the other day , yes , eh . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 14 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 15 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 16 | I had only a vague idea where the circle was , but nevertheless set off towards it . |
| 17 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 18 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 19 | I had only a brief opportunity of shaking his hand at the end , as I was obliged to rush back to Oxford before I was ‘ gated ’ . |
| 20 | Yeah well if I had like a little dictaphone on or something like that |
| 21 | I had now a faint ambition , both definite and indefinite , to do something in connection with learning or literature . |
| 22 | I 've just a hundred now you 're winning so far by fifty points . |
| 23 | I 've just a quick discussion with Mr . |
| 24 | The excess sail is rolled up neatly around the mast out of the way and still I 've good a good sail shape . |
| 25 | After receiving cases of whisky and champagne for being both top trainer at Hamilton and provider of most runners at the track this year , Berry said : ‘ I 've only a few left to run at Edinburgh on Thursday and Doncaster this weekend , but I could have half a dozen for the all-weather courses . |
| 26 | er I have n't a hundred |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't a living relation that I know of . ’ |
| 28 | I mean , I have n't a bloody clue ! |
| 29 | With slight adjustment to the mechanism and cutting the bumper , it should fit ( I have n't a 101 here to check ) . |
| 30 | I 'm afraid I have n't a spare copy to forward to you even on a loan basis , one never allows for the contingencies which arise . |