Example sentences of "i 've a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go down to Mrs Wright 's now and get to the bottom of this , ’ said his Dad as Philip went upstairs . |
| 2 | I 've a good mind to go to the Bodega Bar with ye … they sell alcoholic beverages . ’ |
| 3 | I 've a good mind never to allow you in the Park again ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've a good mind to get its number ! ’ |
| 5 | In fact , I 've a good mind to tell Sam on you . |
| 6 | " I 've a good mind — " |
| 7 | And there was a chap there — he was a sort of chapel preacher — and he says : ‘ Oh , ’ he say , ‘ I 've had enough on it ! ’ , he say , ‘ I 've a good mind to shoot myself , ’ he say , ‘ with this lot . |
| 8 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 9 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go and have it out with him here and now . |
| 10 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm working on instinct , ’ he said thickly , ‘ but I 'm a fast learner , and I 've a good enough idea how to keep you in line . |
| 12 | In addition I feel well enough physically and to be honest I think I 've a good chance of at least two wins tomorrow . ’ |
| 13 | I 've a good mind to give it a miss . |
| 14 | I 've a good yard down here by the house roomy with enough buildings for all I need . |
| 15 | So she said I 've a good mind to write to the manager so Bobby said you wan na leave well alone , forget he said . |
| 16 | And if that boisterous Channel and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us , I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt ; and then I 've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly . ’ |
| 17 | Lot twenty five little red Peter Pan there it is now showing , thank you and I 've a hundred pounds offered for this , any more at one hundred ? |
| 18 | Lot fifty seven is the car mascot there it is , Lot fifty seven I 've a hundred and fifty offered for this , sixty , one seventy , one eighty one hundred and eighty pounds , any more ? |
| 19 | And Lot sixty two is the Edison ephemera , Lot sixty two , and I 've a hundred offered for this , one hundred pounds , any more ? |
| 20 | . Lot eighty eight is another similar Gem , there it is , thank you , Lot eighty eight and I 've a hundred and fifty offered for this one sixty seventy , one eighty , one ninety , two hundred , and twenty , two forty two forty , any more at two forty ? |
| 21 | I 've a hundred already . |
| 22 | I 've a hundred and fifty now . |
| 23 | two hundred I 've a hundred , two hundred and two hundred |
| 24 | Get 'em off your chest ; you 'll feel better for it and I 've a broad back . " |
| 25 | . Lot forty six Trade-Mark gramophone , there it is on the screen now , Lot forty six I 've a thousand pounds offered for this , one thousand pounds , any advance on a thousand ? |
| 26 | I 've a temporary room in a house there . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I 've a nasty feeling , ’ she concluded dismally , ‘ that if you do find anything there , it 'll just be Alex 's body . ’ |
| 28 | I 've a nasty feeling a profiteering wheeler-dealer like me is never going to be innocent enough for your high-minded ideology … ’ |
| 29 | No , wait a minute , I 've a better idea ; she might be able to get Paul to bring them if she can catch him before he leaves for the airport . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |