Example sentences of "i have the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It could have been major much earlier — I had the know-how and had already done the groundwork — but when I was racing there was n't the time , nor did I have the surplus energy to allow the business its head . |
| 3 | Well can I have the Labour group then please ? |
| 4 | Can I have the ginger bread man ? |
| 5 | Can I have the ginger bread man ? |
| 6 | ‘ Can I have the top bunk , Aunt Shiona ? ’ she wheedled . |
| 7 | okay can I have the old step one critiques that you have n't used back , thank you , and now we have step two , same format as before write down your comments and then give the comments |
| 8 | That 's why you did n't hear any of the bobsleigh cos I had the bloody thing going |
| 9 | I had the unhappy job of telling Barrymore and his wife about her brother 's death . |
| 10 | I had the supreme luck of an RAF posting to South Africa , where I enjoyed over two years of non-stop climbing without a rainy day ! |
| 11 | ‘ I just do n't feel I had the right level of care . ’ |
| 12 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 13 | I do n't think I had the right attitude towards it . |
| 14 | I had the right card , it was the card number five which was for the hot wash as , hot wax as well . |
| 15 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 16 | I had the strong feeling the place was empty . |
| 17 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 18 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 19 | But if these beings had left any fingerprints I had the strong feeling they would n't be the kind you get down at Scotland Yard . |
| 20 | I had the strong impression he might be tempted to come back and give us a bit more front-line colour from the other side of the grave . |
| 21 | His face looked old and crumpled and sad , and , as he picked up his glass again , I had the strong sensation he was about to tell me something I did n't want to hear . |
| 22 | When the map was uncovered that morning and the arrow pointed to Berlin , I had the mixed emotion of fear , excitement and , as most others , I was stunned ’ . |
| 23 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 24 | ‘ I had the entire town around me , about six or seven thousand people . |
| 25 | I had the great advantage of being brought up by a really traditional , old-fashioned nanny , who saw us through numerous disasters , one of which was the very memorable moment during the blitz when we were taken to a very smart tea shop in Curzon Street , a place where nannies met each other and their charges were just kept in tow . |
| 26 | I had the great honour of being invited to meet them on behalf of our Society , as our Society is one of the big users of the Resources Centre at the Community College where our Journal is printed etc . |
| 27 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 28 | ‘ Meanwhile , of course , ’ he said with a sardonic smile , ‘ I had the occasional woman . ’ |
| 29 | Because I had the definite impression that this was the area he was working in . ’ |
| 30 | As a schoolboy , descending from a traverse of Ben More and Stobinian , I had the odd experience of being the recipient , rather than the creator , of a deer panic . |