Example sentences of "i have a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Do I have a plan for you ?
2 Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please .
3 Thank you Mr can I have a seconder for your amendment , Alex
4 Ooh , can I have a prescription for them tablets ?
5 ‘ Could I have a receipt for that ? ’ he asked .
6 ‘ Could I have a receipt for that ? ’
7 ‘ Could I have a receipt for that please , Peter ? ’ he asked .
8 Er and what he 's saying is , well can I have a price for these items ?
9 However , in the future , should I have a vacancy for the role of mistress , I shall most certainly keep you informed . ’
10 And why the hell should n't I have a penchant for claret ? thought Helen .
11 I had a cheque for some thirteen hundred pounds raised by the local branch of National body , a body like Round Table , although it was n't Round Table , it was another body like that , and that will buy thirteen houses in Everland in Southern India .
12 He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’
13 Skipper Kim Barnett tells me : ‘ There was a time when the opposition used to like me out of the way quickly because I had a reputation for getting after the bowling .
14 When it had finished I had a pizza for tea .
15 ‘ My dear , dear fellow , if I had a lira for every time I 've heard that story … well … ’
16 ‘ If I had a dollar for every nurse in this hospital who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell over the past four years , I 'd be stinking rich too ! ’
17 She remembered what Deana Davenport 's friend had said four months ago — ‘ If I had a dollar for every nurse … who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell … ’
18 I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy …
19 If I had a pound for every time Mr Channon has tried to cash in on my success , I could launch a takeover bid for Manchester United .
20 I wish I had a pound for every time I have denied holding a meeting with the T & g .
21 I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that .
22 I wish I had a pound for every time friends have turned to me and asked : ‘ Yeah well , what has SUSA ever done for us ? ’
23 On one Bingley Vacation Course ( I think 1955 ) I had a group for Weaving , Spinning and Dyeing which Basil joined as a student and I was scared to death at the prospect .
24 So I had a job for about a year er in a fruit shop and then I did n't like the Saturday work
25 I told her I had a job for Duncan and there was money in it and that was enough for her to yell ‘ Duncan ! ’ so loud I felt I heard it without the need of the phone .
26 I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them .
27 I had a teacher for all of three months tried to make me write with my right hand .
28 The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day .
29 For some reason I had a talent for calming him down .
30 If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either .
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