Example sentences of "i had have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken said , ‘ I had to have a new banjo . |
| 2 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 3 | It was n't until I had to have a full medical two years later that I found I 'd got hookworm . |
| 4 | My toes went gangrenous and I had to have an arterial bypass . |
| 5 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 6 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 7 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
| 8 | For some years I had had a similar experience in the teaching of literature , amazed to see colleagues attempting to hound students , in the context of a two- or three-year course , through complex texts in a single session : today we read King Lear , tomorrow we discuss it , and next day you write your essays on it . |
| 9 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 10 | In my grandmother 's house I had had a big bedroom ; here I had to share . |
| 11 | Over the years , in my role as home tutor to his mother , I had had a privileged relationship with Balbinder and his family . |
| 12 | I could see the room beginning to spin as though I had had a dreadful shock or a moment of unbearable fear . |
| 13 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 14 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 15 | From the mid-sixties I had had a homosexual identity and I did say to people that I was homosexual ; but in the early seventies that had a completely different meaning . |
| 16 | I considered I had had a sheltered upbringing — perhaps ‘ genteel ’ is nearer the mark — but she came from the world of country weekends , day and night nurseries , nannies , and never having to worry about where next week 's housekeeping money was coming from , or having to do the washing up . |