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

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31 I tell Major Mills I 'm an idiot in the kitchen , and Hillary-Jones spends ten minutes with details of leaving batter to stand , do I have a cold room , not a refrigerator , that 's too harsh …
32 This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’
33 Now can I have a proper rubber ?
34 Can I have a Scotch pancake now please ?
35 Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ?
36 Oh can I have a brown roll Steve please ?
37 ‘ Please can I have a supplementary allocation . ’
38 Can I have a yellow please ?
39 Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ?
40 Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day !
41 Can I have a single room ?
42 Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ?
43 Oh short of blue , could , could I have a little bit ?
44 Hello , can I have a little , god my , more than twelve pounds , , or you more than twelve pounds ?
45 Can I have a little go now ?
46 Can I have a little plaster please ?
47 Can I have a little bit ?
48 Can I have a little bit please ?
49 I having a bloody
50 Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one .
51 I wish I had a working wishing well .
52 Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible .
53 I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine .
54 Within a week I had a complete record of this remote site , it is amazing how much remains — an undercarriage with its wheel and tyre in place .
55 I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep .
56 The next I heard was when I had a complete breakdown of Robert and Janet 's income erm with the breakdown of how a new settlement was was brought about .
57 Then I had a blooming fall .
58 I had a spare bedroom and eventually , we agreed that he would come and live in my flat as a lodger — which is what happened .
59 As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room .
60 I wish I had a spare lifetime to spend in trying to paint it . ’
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