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

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1 So , I 'd an appointment in town at the hairdressers and for a legwax and that you do n't want to let yourself go I do n't want him to get back and catch me with my knickers down and my nail varnish all chipped …
2 When have I had an opportunity to watch the tape ?
3 Had I had an inkling — ’
4 ‘ Can I have an Inquirer ? ’
5 Could I have an apartment as well ? ’
6 Do I have an obligation to consult the people who reside and work in this space ?
7 ‘ Do I have an umbrella ?
8 He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in .
9 I thought I thought , did he just say can I have can I have an application form or here 's an application form ?
10 Daddy can I have can I have an apple ?
11 Can I have an apple ?
12 Can I have an apple ?
13 One went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the man shot him died .
14 But erm , the next one went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the the man hit him over the with the head with a baseball bat and he died .
15 The other one goes can I have an ice-cream please ? and like stabbed him and he died .
16 For example : ‘ May I have an appointment with Mr Block at 4 p.m. on Monday next for a short back and sides ? ’ is preferable to : ‘ I want an appointment please , ’ which leads to a string of questions , ‘ Which day ? ’
17 Erm , I 'm in no man 's land at the moment , because I 'm like between , between sort of like branches , appraisals are coming up , how can I have an appraisal , I wo n't have anything .
18 Why ca n't I have an egg ?
19 The Frenchman suggested barquettes à la Neptune , or the soupe à l'oseille , to begin with , but Xanthe looked at her father and wheedled , ‘ Ca n't I have an artichoke ?
20 ‘ Then may I have an undertaking that if I can manage to put on a show , a stupendous show — I promise you it will be — may I then retire from the post ?
21 It does n't float in the air it drops down to ground level and some years ago , when I was based in Ashfield , I had an experience of this .
22 I had an experience with a bike when I was very small a girl up the road was given a bike and I had quite quietly learnt how to ride a bike more or less .
23 ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’
24 In a study of management development some colleagues and I had an opportunity to identify some conceptions in the minds of managers about management ( Lawrence , et al. , 1975 ) .
25 Last summer , I had an opportunity to live and work in rural Czechoslovakia , a very different culture .
26 Dean agreed : ‘ I had an opportunity to watch Jimmy a couple of times from short leg in my first season here , and I realised then that he does n't go very far forward .
27 For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise .
28 While we talked , I had an opportunity of glancing round the familiar room , which was even more cluttered than usual .
29 ‘ I did n't fancy having a lot of kids tearing about the house , but , having brought up my own , I did n't feel I had an excuse .
30 I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs .
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