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

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31 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 ? ’
32 Now can I have a proper rubber ?
33 Can I have a Scotch pancake now please ?
34 Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ?
35 Oh can I have a brown roll Steve please ?
36 ‘ Please can I have a supplementary allocation . ’
37 Can I have a yellow please ?
38 Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ?
39 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 !
40 Can I have a single room ?
41 Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ?
42 Oh short of blue , could , could I have a little bit ?
43 Hello , can I have a little , god my , more than twelve pounds , , or you more than twelve pounds ?
44 Can I have a little go now ?
45 Can I have a little plaster please ?
46 Can I have a little bit ?
47 Can I have a little bit please ?
48 I having a bloody
49 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 .
50 I wish I had a working wishing well .
51 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 .
52 I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine .
53 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 .
54 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 .
55 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 .
56 Then I had a blooming fall .
57 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 .
58 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 .
59 I wish I had a spare lifetime to spend in trying to paint it . ’
60 I can make leads , I mean , if you have to do it , if I had a spare moment
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