Example sentences of "i have a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small trainer like me has a job to tick over , let alone make a living , but he always comes to the rescue . |
| 2 | sorry Crowston may I have a cigarette to put , place behind my left earhole then ? , thank you |
| 3 | Can I have a book to read , then ? ’ |
| 4 | I can see I have a lot to learn . |
| 5 | Do I have a right to pursue the person who drops litter , using its return as an excuse for expressing my anger ? |
| 6 | But then I got promoted at work and suddenly I had a salary to borrow against . |
| 7 | I suppose I had a drive to win . " |
| 8 | Now I had a companion to share everything with , someone I knew of old and with whom there were no constraints , and seven years ' news to keep the conversation flowing . |
| 9 | With all the crowding work , and a little pleasure , too , I would have written to you yesterday , only I partly feared to , because I had a proposal to make , which it would have been unseemly to make the apparent cause of my haste . |
| 10 | I told you I had a proposition to put to you . |
| 11 | ‘ I admit I had a bit to drink and was being verbally aggressive but that was all . ’ |
| 12 | I had a tendency to run around in circles getting more and more worked up . |
| 13 | ‘ That one probably will , ’ said Rachel with a laugh , then , seeing Nina 's expression , she explained , ‘ I had a message to say our new MO 's arrived ; I thought I should be here . ’ |
| 14 | From that time I had a wall to lean my back on . |
| 15 | ‘ Would you mind if I had a turn to talk ? ’ |
| 16 | I had a drip to get things going and the registrar wanted me to move off my nice comfy bed and climb onto the couch to have an epidural . |
| 17 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 18 | Yeah , I had a choice to take that in |
| 19 | But now , I thought , I had a man to help me . |
| 20 | AT THIS stage of the last election in 1987 I was in the middle of writing a column when I had a call to say that the Sunday paper in which it was to appear had closed down . |
| 21 | If only I had a crinoline to sweep down the grand staircase in ! |
| 22 | Fortunately , the following morning I had nothing to do in particular , so I had a chance to live through a vague sense of hangover . |
| 23 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 24 | Last night , after her parents had gone up to bed , and Aubrey very tactfully made himself scarce , I had a chance to ask her . |
| 25 | ‘ — read my mind , then how could you answer my questions before I had a chance to ask them ? ’ she gabbled , and took a deep breath . |
| 26 | Now that the deed was done , I had a chance to reflect on what was likely to happen . |
| 27 | Before I had a chance to leave my own people and find out exactly how Anwar had gone insanely mad , Eva came over to me . |
| 28 | ‘ You went off before I had a chance to thank you the other day … ’ |
| 29 | In December 1990 , in Belgrade , I had a chance to see some documents from a Federal government ‘ top secret ’ file . |
| 30 | Eventually my father lost inspiration with the Clough/Armfield/Stein/Adamson era , but not before I had a chance to see Leeds beat Anderlect ( 3–0 in the fog ) followed by Barcelona ( Cruyft , Neeskens , etc. 2–1 for the aging ex-Revie team to make their way to Paris in 1975 . |