Example sentences of "i had this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I had this dream last night , ’ I said , conversationally . |
2 | I , I had this dream the other night , and it was so real , I thought I 'd been to the cinema . |
3 | I stood alone on the beach next to the elaborate italics of Oliver ( the others had done capitals , of course ) , and I looked up towards the camera , and Stuart shouted ‘ Cheese ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Gorgonzola ! ’ and Stu shouted ‘ Camembert ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Dolcelatte ! ’ and suddenly I had this crying fit . |
4 | Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings ! |
5 | But I had this polyneuritis coming on and I gr gradually went paralysed . |
6 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
7 | I had this idea I had to be civilised , and wait until I 'd obtained spoken as well as physical consent from you — and then spent days regretting it ! |
8 | The other thing I had this idea of erm you know customer relations erm in fact we give tickets away when people have had problems . |
9 | And should 've gone abroad but I would n't go I er I er I had this position offered in the electricity works here then |
10 | I had this councillor mentioned this morning that Mr community arts erm until April and Russell Street self image problem . |
11 | I had this conversation with Danny Bascombe the other day . |
12 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
13 | So , night after night for six months , I had this door banged against my head . ’ |
14 | He came to see me , it was before I had this illness er these two illnesses . |
15 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
16 | And I was with them when I had this holiday with my sister and we went abroad |
17 | ‘ I had this notion ( on coming to Britain ) that if my family did not get any sunlight they would vanish ! ’ 1 |
18 | No , no , I come in the car , I was coming on the bus when I had this bloke next door doing some work like , I used to go out with him years ago , so he come in and had a cup of tea , I said , come in about half past eleven went home at one , he come |
19 | Ah um I , I had spaghetti bolognaise and er I ha , and I had this cheese thing last night . |
20 | No that 's alright then and er I , I got into , I came , came back sort of when mother died , had to come back suddenly in the middle of the week and then erm I brought me family up as I say and , and my hubby he took , he took us Christmas shopping which is twenty one years ago this , this month the sixteenth my daughter-in-law and I and the little boy and that 's the little boy over there that 's now married , the one with the photograph , he took us shopping at Bishop 's Stortford cos we had n't any shops nothing here then , there was nothing when I first came here it was terrible and we went to Bishop 's Stortford and we came home in the , dinner time and I got erm , had our dinner and everything , had our meal , well we had soup and that was gon na cook at night , er you know , dinner at night so we had soup and that and erm he said I go down to the garage to put a tyre on my car , he came struggling back and within half an hour he was dead at fifty six years old that 's all he was , so I was left to bring up those that was n't married , I was left to bring up er the others you know , er I had the twins with me and Roy one of the boys and erm , er Brian the youngest one and I had to bring them up and I , after I , they , they all got married and I moved , before they got married I just got Brian with me the two twins got married , and I moved into my daughter-in-law 's house next door which was no two , seven , five the other side , I 'm sorry , two , seven , five and er I was in my house though three years that four bedroom and I could n't afford to keep you know big house like that going with just three , my , me and my son so we moved into her house and she had the end one which is still in now , we 'd done a swap and then cos er , er in the later years I was in there oh a long , long while and I loved it and I did n't wan na move but then I found , I was handicapped , I would n't get up the stairs to the toilet so I was moved into this bungalow you see and I had a friend living with me and he erm , he come here to live with me , came to lodge with me because he did n't want to go into Stevenage you see and er , after that erm , after that we , I had this bungalow and er I moved into this bungalow and er he moved in here with me and er everything happened when I got in this bungalow . |
21 | I used to call him Pear , and one day I had this tattoo done . |
22 | Oliver Jesus , I had this panic attack . |
23 | I had this bird called Sharon , fond of gin — |
24 | My touching faith in the Chancellor 's resolve and commitment to anti-inflation policy was ridiculed by those with whom I had this discussion , who were obviously much more deeply cynical than I am . |
25 | No , I was , I was , came over all , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , I 'll try and park outside Westgate , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , Kelly get round , yes I can go and oh find Robert erm , yeah I did n't feel right in the morning , but as soon as the day went on as soon as I had this salmon salad , sandwich , and Rob said to me well you sure it was n't that , cos he said sometimes that salmon could make people feel a bit , nothing wrong with that , it 's just a tin of salmon , you know . |
26 | ‘ Well , you are on the big side and for a moment I had this vision of you … ’ |
27 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
28 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
29 | Well when you say cake , do n't get the wrong ideas , erm my idea of a cake , the vision that I had of a , a three tier cake , came to me as I was striding home from a meeting across The Downs and I had this vision of a three tier cake . |
30 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |