Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a real [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change .
2 you 've got ta think er think , it was like erm one of the guys was saying oh I 've got a real problem getting the names , I said well how do you ask and he said well look I 'm in the people business John but I do n't suppose you know anybody do you
3 I have had a real gutful of it . ’
4 Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word .
5 Now you 've got a real problem here because you just er you know that this is the only room available .
6 when you 're bigger , and you 've got a real lot to lose , and two pounds is nothing .
7 If you have never seen one of these fish then you have missed a real treat .
8 Maybe you have had a real setback that 's knocked your self-esteem .
9 She 's had a real spruce up .
10 It seems that we 've opened a real can of worms with these Dixon complaints .
11 We 've got a real head start on the rest of the industry , ’ with NextStep , Jobs said , noting that its only real competitors for top-line operating system software will be Microsoft Corp with its forthcoming Cairo , and the Taligent Inc alliance between Apple Computer Inc and IBM Corp .
12 We 've got a real problem , ’ he told them .
13 We 've had a real sort of little later you know .
14 But I would agree with Mr , that it does add a further pressure , it means we have to have a real review of erm , how we pay allowances in order to stay within our budget limit , which I think is two hundred and two thousand for the current year , and erm , a little bit more for next year , according to the previous paper .
15 Surely , after the wonderful night of passion she had experienced with Ross , they 'd had a real chance of mending their relationship ?
16 Now I reckon they are doing everything they can to keep me there as long as possible , because when I go they know they 've got a real master-blaster like Chris coming in . ’
17 Today they had become a real sun-trap and it was a relief to swop the white , rocky desert for the subdued greens and browns of heather and grass which sweep across The Allotment up towards Simon Fell , its flanks scarred by the pale slash of Ingleborough 's eastern approach track .
18 That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come .
19 So only about one in three people buying on credit feel they have had a real option of choosing between different types of credit arrangement .
20 The artist has achieved more than that though ; he has created a real group .
21 Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled .
22 It it has got a real purpose and it does tie up very well with erm velocity and
23 Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo …
24 In fact , he 'd made a real scene about it yesterday .
25 With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England .
26 He 'd had a real pimple when he arrived , but during the time he took to find and bribe an official to provide the documents , the blemish had healed , .
27 But before that he had run a real stinker in the Stewards ' Cup .
28 He had decided it was not a subject for honest men , and had gone on to history , where he had developed a real interest in local history and a talent for getting old working-class men and women talking about the customs and social conditions of their childhood .
29 It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back .
30 ‘ And I never run a horse unless I think it 's got a real chance . ’
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