Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling .
32 Ah , Elizabeth — what memories I have of that show .
33 At an early stage the County Council rejected all the inner northern routes , despite the recommendation of the County Surveyor and the County Planning Officer , I have at this point said that the Harrogate Borough Council erm h had also recommended that the inner northern routes be retained for investigation .
34 I have at this point tried to bring in some preliminary notions of stress and prominence without giving a full explanation ; by this stage in the course it is important to be getting familiar with the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables , and the nature of ‘ schwa ’ , but the subject of stress is such a large one that I have felt it best to leave its main treatment until later .
35 There 's something in his soul o'er which his melancholy sits on brood , and I do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some danger ; which for to prevent I have in quick determination thus set it down : he shall with speed to England …
36 I have in some sort made myself a party to your situation , and it will go hard with my conscience if you find yourself no better blessed than in your old condition .
37 ‘ You are all I have in this world , ’ it said .
38 So what what kind of livestock did you have on that size of croft ?
39 What cause can you have for such doubt ? ’
40 What do you have in that box ? ’
41 She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time .
42 Robyn , doing her best to ignore the almost overwhelming feeling of pure dislike which she had for this man , glanced at the ornate carriage clock beside the bed , registered the time slowly and looked aghast .
43 He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category .
44 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
45 Brenda Pridmore , recently appointed Clerical Officer/receptionist at Hoggatt 's Laboratory , pushed the marmalade across the breakfast table and began methodically slicing thin strips from the white of her fried egg , postponing , as she had from early childhood , that cataclysmic moment when she would plunge the fork into the glistening yellow dome .
46 However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday .
47 She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking .
48 For she had in some fashion , through her perceptive and precognitive powers — which in many ways she shared with Shelley — received Frankenstein 's story from the thin air , as far as I could determine .
49 She had simply , and thoughtlessly , intended to kill what she had in any case thought of as an insincere proposal .
50 that was the trouble you had with that table top , do you remember doing that polishing ?
51 It was above all the place to which you were advised to go if you had for some reason been shot , in either war or peace .
52 ‘ Wear that green silky thing you had on last night , ’ he drawled .
53 Er I wanted you to maybe describe some more of the responsibilities and duties you had in that job .
54 I would n't I would n't give them the option , I would go and ask those same ones you had in last week .
55 And you know it , it 's amazing how since my involvement for the last two years in Great Britain , all the problems that you have with critical illness , all the problems .
56 The sort of relationship you will be seeking to establish is rather like the one you have with good business colleagues .
57 ‘ That all you have on this lad ? ’
58 In the event that you have at any time during the currency of your appointment any grievance concerning your appointment with the Board then you should raise that with your line manager .
59 The accounts that you have for this year , have been rearranged .
60 The higher your HDL level the less chance you have of developing heart disease .
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