Example sentences of "i [verb] have [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic .
2 The number of sleepless nights I 've had over that smooth bastard moving in and Jozef kicking me out of bed . ’
3 It was a spectacular sight — the best I 've had of wild flowers in Britain .
4 I 've had about all I can take for one day . ’
5 May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’
6 I 've got a pewter-coloured Strat Plus which I 've had for two years now .
7 All the replies got eleven or so replies that I 've had for that questionnaire .
8 And the pain I 've had for three years was far worse .
9 ‘ Ten years , ’ he said , ‘ ten years I 've had on this milk run , see , and I seen more accidents than I 've had Sunday dinners .
10 Conversations I 've had with countless men in Britain have convinced me of it .
11 ‘ The trouble I 've had with British Telecom … but that 's not the reason I phoned . ’
12 ‘ This is the first afternoon aff I 've had in five weeks , ’ Andy accepted the cigarette and lit it .
13 It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years .
14 At this , and most of the many other meetings that he and I have had with African leaders , progress towards democracy and good governance has been discussed .
15 ‘ It is generally thought from talks I have had with other chairman that there will be between 600 and 800 players released at the end of this season because clubs are seeking to trim their wage bills .
16 From the discussions that I have had with those groups and from some statements that I have received — I do not want to go into detail because they were confidential — I am confident that a solution could have been found which would have formed a reasoned consensus for those groups , for the interests that they represent and for the House .
17 Conservative Members would be well advised to heed those words because all the contact that I have had with local government — I am not talking about Labour councillors , but about impartial experts — has shown that those experts believe that the council tax will eventually run into such trouble that it will become unworkable .
18 I have a grey trilby which I have had for many years .
19 ‘ It was the best news I have had in six and a half years . ’
20 I saw , and I have had in actual fact , recourse to actually use that service over there , and it 's rather interesting if one can t to say that er in the particular village which I er represent , they actually came up , when I asked a certain question , they gave me a , a , far more than what I actually asked for at the time , but found out who the first village constable was , and I think myself that er , that service over there , it deserves every praise it gets heaped on it .
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