Example sentences of "i 've a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've a sneaking suspicion he bins any letter that criticizes his government , before he even reads it . |
| 32 | I 've a sneaking suspicion they 'll do well . |
| 33 | I 've a sneaking suspicion they 'll do well . |
| 34 | It does piss you off admittedly when scum are on so much , and I 've a sneaking feeling that Leeds have still not been forgiven in some parts of the press for being close enough to sneak the title when scum fucked up ( due to Fuckerson 's crap team selection ) . |
| 35 | I 've a great memory for faces , great . |
| 36 | I 've a great admiration for you , you know Ellie , a great admiration . |
| 37 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ I 've a wee nest-egg , ’ she told him . |
| 39 | Aye , I think I 've a wee touch of the flu . |
| 40 | it 's , I 've a wee thing in |
| 41 | I 've a private room . |
| 42 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 43 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 44 | ‘ Bloody hell — I do n't neglect that kid , I 'm a good mother to her , I 've a perfect right to go out of an evening . |
| 45 | ‘ I think I 've a perfect right to ask , certainly when an employee 's lifestyle is likely to affect the company , ’ he finished pompously . |
| 46 | I 've a perfect right to my feelings . |
| 47 | ‘ I 've a marvellous idea for a game . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ I 've a limited amount of patience — as I 'm sure you 'll remember . ’ |
| 49 | I 've a right cough as well and a tickle and |
| 50 | I 'm sure , I , I , I , I 've a fatal inkling that she might decline , but there 's no harm in trying , but she might get the wrong idea about it , you know |
| 51 | As the recriminations between the brothers become more explosive , and the wounds of jealousy reopen , I 've a horrible suspicion that Harwood wants us to be genuinely moved , but after all the superficial comedy , his attempt to lend the play emotional depth arouses embarrassment rather than pity . |
| 52 | ‘ I 've a horrible feeling , ’ said Masklin , ‘ that if I go out there now , there will be something to eat , and it 'll be me . ’ |
| 53 | Well I have n't said , her , heard anybody say anything about the grand old tradition of switching on the television set , and I 've a horrible feeling that er that th that the one day in the year when people want to get together with their families probably means switching off the television set . |
| 54 | ‘ Anyway , I 've a horrible feeling I do n't want to talk to him just at the moment . |
| 55 | I 've a bad headache , ’ she snapped . |
| 56 | ‘ I 've a sneaky feeling you think I have n't taken you seriously enough , over the years . |
| 57 | I 've a dozen guards … ’ |
| 58 | I 've a little job for you . |
| 59 | If I 've a complicated feature to write , or a problem to solve , I usually duck out and go for a run . |
| 60 | I 've a heavy afternoon ahead , and I 'm off to Paris tomorrow — by parachute if they ca n't get me in by any other method . |