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

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1 ‘ The end result is that I 've large arrears on the centre 's mortgage , and now the building society is threatening repossession in the new year , unless we can clear the arrears .
2 And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man .
3 Not that I 've any complaints about your two , do n't mistake me .
4 Not that I 've any complaints on that score , ’ he added .
5 Not that I 've any time for him any longer — going on like that when his poor wife was near her time . ’
6 Not that I 've any time for that widow of his .
7 And she said well , I 'm see that I 've twenty second er I 'm sending him that , mum , to do my reference cos they 've got ta they 've got ta have that .
8 I saw that I had new books by my bedside .
9 On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on .
10 I did not say that I had irrefutable evidence .
11 When I played in the Wimbledon final , I knew that I had certain kinds of weaknesses .
12 I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons .
13 That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’
14 You got all in that , English there , English there , English there and English there , and that I had six merit points yesterday .
15 Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded .
16 Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’
17 ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind .
18 Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one .
19 So that I had two homes really , because as often as not I was down at her house , as in my own home . ’
20 Would that I had such help as men must have ,
21 I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents .
22 Erm , I erm , employ people , so I decided to have an employment section , six months later when I was reviewing the daytimer , I discovered that I had one sheet in my employment section , er , about a lady I had interviewed and not employed , whereas I had a prospect section that was overflowing , and needed drastic sub-division .
23 This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment .
24 No matter that I had little knowledge of regional variety .
25 I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties .
26 And it meant that I had free access to the whole of the so much so , I had a key to the bottom of entry in er access to the firm and I could get in when I liked .
27 It seemed all wrong that I had horizontal loops across the face of the work .
28 Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them .
29 It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease .
30 ‘ They said that I had enough equity to qualify for a multi-currency loan .
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