Example sentences of "i have a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'd disappeared because I 'd a man shouting ‘ fruit and vegetables ’ ( in those days , you had to have your name and address on your cart ) . |
| 2 | M my my view of that was that 's the one I 'd a question mark against |
| 3 | If I told you I 'd a revolver hidden in my glove compartment ? |
| 4 | Franca , when can I have a drink did the doctor say ? ’ |
| 5 | Should I wait until the highlights have grown out or could I have a colour put on top ? |
| 6 | sorry Crowston may I have a cigarette to put , place behind my left earhole then ? , thank you |
| 7 | Can I have a book to read , then ? ’ |
| 8 | Can I have a chip does anybody hi Rita |
| 9 | I can see I have a lot to learn . |
| 10 | Do I have a right to pursue the person who drops litter , using its return as an excuse for expressing my anger ? |
| 11 | I 'ave a cab waiting . ’ |
| 12 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
| 13 | If I had a daughter getting married this summer I would be tempted to give her a twopart party in similar vein . |
| 14 | I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . |
| 15 | But then I got promoted at work and suddenly I had a salary to borrow against . |
| 16 | Erm I had a company called and Advertising erm where I went along to a company and would conceive promotion for them . |
| 17 | I suppose I had a drive to win . " |
| 18 | I went to university at Warwick and spun out my time there till I had a novel written . |
| 19 | No that 's alright then and er I , I got into , I came , came back sort of when mother died , had to come back suddenly in the middle of the week and then erm I brought me family up as I say and , and my hubby he took , he took us Christmas shopping which is twenty one years ago this , this month the sixteenth my daughter-in-law and I and the little boy and that 's the little boy over there that 's now married , the one with the photograph , he took us shopping at Bishop 's Stortford cos we had n't any shops nothing here then , there was nothing when I first came here it was terrible and we went to Bishop 's Stortford and we came home in the , dinner time and I got erm , had our dinner and everything , had our meal , well we had soup and that was gon na cook at night , er you know , dinner at night so we had soup and that and erm he said I go down to the garage to put a tyre on my car , he came struggling back and within half an hour he was dead at fifty six years old that 's all he was , so I was left to bring up those that was n't married , I was left to bring up er the others you know , er I had the twins with me and Roy one of the boys and erm , er Brian the youngest one and I had to bring them up and I , after I , they , they all got married and I moved , before they got married I just got Brian with me the two twins got married , and I moved into my daughter-in-law 's house next door which was no two , seven , five the other side , I 'm sorry , two , seven , five and er I was in my house though three years that four bedroom and I could n't afford to keep you know big house like that going with just three , my , me and my son so we moved into her house and she had the end one which is still in now , we 'd done a swap and then cos er , er in the later years I was in there oh a long , long while and I loved it and I did n't wan na move but then I found , I was handicapped , I would n't get up the stairs to the toilet so I was moved into this bungalow you see and I had a friend living with me and he erm , he come here to live with me , came to lodge with me because he did n't want to go into Stevenage you see and er , after that erm , after that we , I had this bungalow and er I moved into this bungalow and er he moved in here with me and er everything happened when I got in this bungalow . |
| 20 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 21 | But you know when I when I c last time I came from France and I came a came across the widest part of the channel er I got done once I had a B written on my board and then they come and crossed it out . |
| 22 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 23 | I had a very gory accident with a shopping trolley , but the gash in my leg has healed beautifully , and about two months ago I had a cataract removed ( local anaesthetic : all the rage these days and an absolute doddle ) . |
| 24 | On my last day I had a boatman take me round the island . |
| 25 | You remember when I had a perm do n't you ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum |
| 28 | Well done , I , very good , I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum , right |
| 29 | I had a dream did n't I ? |
| 30 | Oh yes , I had a gentleman turn up for some physio on his arm . |