Example sentences of "[noun sg] i have have a " in BNC.

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1 I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian .
2 If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients .
3 But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like .
4 Similarly , similarly I have prepared all this but just shortly before the meeting I have had a whole wodge of suggestion forms going back to November which I have obviously not taken into account yet . .
5 By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention !
6 And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs
7 ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’
8 He 's been on the sauce basically but he 's kicked the habit and he says of kicking the drinking habit I 've had a lot of help and a lot of good counselling , in the end it 's up to me .
9 In the end I had to have a go !
10 ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries .
11 It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff .
12 Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head .
13 I had no idea I 'd had a baby .
14 In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share .
15 ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes .
16 The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm
17 Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ?
18 Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped .
19 I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep .
20 For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time .
21 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
22 As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session .
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