Example sentences of "you have such a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If I was n't a happily married lady , I 'd envy you having such a gorgeous partner . ’ |
2 | " Richard , why do you have such a low opinion of yourself ? " |
3 | Why did you have such a long break doing nothing ? |
4 | ‘ Do you have such an inflated idea of your own sex appeal you think you can grab any woman who happens to be to hand ? ’ |
5 | I mean you 've such a long walk , have n't you , have n't you ? |
6 | ‘ I 'd never have guessed , you 've such a creamy complexion and your eyes are quite light … but then , I expect your father 's English ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Good , I 'm glad to hear you had such a successful afternoon . ’ |
8 | Glad to hear you had such a good time . |
9 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me you had such a beautiful name ? ’ |
10 | You have such a lucid style . |
11 | Does the fact that you have such a distinctive sound confine you in any way ? |
12 | Oh yeah you 're absolutely booked up , I have to , I 'm sorry I forgot you have such a taxing social life with Stuart yeah definitely , er people listening to this could get the wrong idea I think but this is , this is normal conversation |
13 | ‘ You have such a nice way of putting things , ’ Newman commented . |
14 | You have such a good figure ! ’ |
15 | But because the sponsors insist , the party must go on : " You have such a wonderful life , " bellows a huge woman , before sinking into a sofa . |
16 | You have such a lovely slim build . |
17 | Mrs Richards confided in Shelley , ‘ Because you have such a sweet and caring face , my dear . ’ |
18 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
19 | Just because you have such a high opinion of your prowess … ’ |
20 | ‘ Boy , would n't I dearly love to know why you have such a suspicious nature ! ’ |
21 | Can you get a tissue and blow your nose cos you have such a runny cold . |
22 | I do n't know why you have such an unreasonable reaction to it . |
23 | ‘ You have such an interesting family , ’ he said . |
24 | ‘ I am glad to see , Brian , that you have such an excellent replacement , ’ he continued , a little ironically , with a glance at Derek Jefferson . |