Example sentences of "i have [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In 87 ( ‘ Farewell — Thou art too dear for my possessing ’ ) the Friend 's inconstancy and betrayal are excused as a simple error of judgement : Here , though , Shakespeare is not content to let the irony stand , for the couplet , with its sarcastic double-rhyme , dispels both illusion and self-deception : ‘ Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter — /In sleep a king , but waking no such matter . ’
2 Could I have them as a friend/enemy ? ’
3 Can I have her for a minute ?
4 Can I have her for a minute ?
5 Can I have it for my very own ?
6 Why ca n't I have it on Saturday ?
7 Did I have it with my Marmite ?
8 If I 'm allowed to have food , why ca n't I have it in the same cell as Elaine ? ’
9 ‘ Can I have it in my dressing-gown ?
10 ‘ Can I have it in cash ? ’
11 But actually I had her for half an hour to the commands and everything .
12 Now Sunday when I had her about that terrific barking , your father was the first to say , look she stopped it
13 There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment .
14 The more he thought , the more I knew I had him on toast .
15 I knew I had him on toast .
16 This was the fifth time I had him on the floor , so the referee was right to stop it ’ .
17 So this afternoon I had him on the settee
18 So I had him for five hours , normally from 6 pm to 11 pm . ’
19 ‘ No I had him by the balls .
20 ‘ The closest I ever got to any man was when I had him in the sights of the rifle and I never missed . ’
21 ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’
22 Old Saul was the culprit , Old Saul had gone down in our history and my personal mythology as the Castraitor , but thanks to the little creatures who flew the creek I had him in my power now .
23 I had them down the side .
24 They , I had them of Ernie oh that 's er that 's a good girl Shilling a pound , brass castings .
25 I had them to dinner at my principal residence , having prepared a tagine of lamb with apricots , which I teased with a husky Australian Shiraz from the Mudgee River .
26 I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ .
27 I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket !
28 I see you later than , oh where 's the car keys I had them on the .
29 Eventually I had them by Caesarean at 30 weeks .
30 Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place .
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