Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 6 | So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 9 | I had quite a good chat with Ray the other day , yes , eh . |
| 10 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 11 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 12 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 13 | I had only a vague idea where the circle was , but nevertheless set off towards it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | Yeah well if I had like a little dictaphone on or something like that |
| 18 | I had now a faint ambition , both definite and indefinite , to do something in connection with learning or literature . |
| 19 | I 've just a quick discussion with Mr . |
| 20 | The excess sail is rolled up neatly around the mast out of the way and still I 've good a good sail shape . |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't a living relation that I know of . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , I have n't a bloody clue ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't a single coin with me , my dear , ’ said Fagin . |
| 25 | ‘ Unfortunately , Mr Stevens , I am extremely busy now and I am finding I have barely a single moment to spare . |
| 26 | I have not a strong mind , or will , nor am I unselfish , and so knowing well my faults I ask you to help me . |
| 27 | ‘ I have not a single novel here . ’ |
| 28 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 29 | I have there a large collection of dried plants and a pacquet of seeds , which I hope for before the end of April . ’ |
| 30 | It is a learning experience for me because I have only a general knowledge of the economic and financial world . |