Example sentences of "[conj] i have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 2 | We telephoned Mr Hector Charlesworth but he was , as yet , unable to take any remedial action , although I had the distinct impression that he would have liked to do so . |
| 3 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 4 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 5 | I am still rather surprised that I had the good sense for once in my life to follow my hunch and come and see you . |
| 6 | Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group . |
| 7 | I warrant that I have the unfettered right to authorise the publication of the Work ; that my own and any co-authors ' contributions to the Work are original and contain no libellous defamatory obscene or otherwise unlawful or misleading matter and that all statements therein purporting to be facts are true . |
| 8 | It seemed a treat to put a long dress on , I actually enjoyed it ; but to play around in I had jeans and trousers , so I had the best of both worlds really . |
| 9 | When I came into the room , you were lying with the sheet half off you , so I had the full benefit of the sight of your virginal pyjamas . ’ |
| 10 | Once I had the basic colours put in I would then sometimes , for added intensity , dip the point of a certain colour into the water and apply it direct for a small intense spot of pigment . |
| 11 | Once I have the pink polish of a hot wash , Lucker wants to make love . |
| 12 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 13 | I certainly did , and I had the magenta bum-bag to prove it . |
| 14 | money out there and I had the hundred quid that |
| 15 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't have liked to have known more about him , even though Hattie Jacques and I had the deepest philosophical discussions with him . ’ |
| 17 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 18 | there 's a wee bairn been in the , in the , in the , my daughter was staying in , and I had the other two . |
| 19 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ We had our Christmas Day on Boxing Day and I had the best ever Christmas with my children and grandchildren . ’ |
| 21 | because I 'll tell you what , I came off cold turkey , and I had the worst three days of my whole life . |
| 22 | Aunt Margaret and I had the aforementioned ‘ smokin chicken ’ £5.95 which turned out to be a huge half-bird smothered in a nasty synthetic tasting sauce , which I scraped off and replaced with the ketchup on the table . |
| 23 | At that point , rather late one night , he and I had the last of a long sequence of talks . |
| 24 | It was misty , and there was not a soul in sight , and I had the same eerie feeling which came over me sometimes in other parts of the village . |
| 25 | Stephen Conroy and I had the same tutor , Geoff Squires , and maybe he 's a model for our life drawing . |
| 26 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 27 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 28 | But you knew exactly where you were with him and I had the utmost respect for his judgement and management of the cutters . |
| 29 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
| 30 | Heather and I had the large front room on the right of the entrance , which we understood had been a music room , and where Byron , in a temper had thrown an ink bottle at a maid . |