Example sentences of "i [verb] have [art] lot " in BNC.

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1 I tend to have a lot of sausage and bacon because it 's easier and my time is somewhat at a premium with around a dozen cattle to care for .
2 I want to have a lot of money in the bank .
3 I like to have a lot of vegetables left over .
4 ‘ As I said , ’ Lucinda smiled ruefully , ‘ I do have a lot to learn . ’
5 ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping .
6 ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others .
7 Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip .
8 ‘ But , you must admit , I did have a lot to put up with today . ’
9 you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs
10 so I mean she 's , she 's she 's and I said to her when when all the things were going wrong with I had to have a lot of chats with her and said well you you 've got to prove that you can rebound from this
11 That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately .
12 I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes .
13 I 've had a lot of thoughts , but have n't set myself exactly what I want to do .
14 I generally take two at a time , but then I 've had a lot of practice .
15 During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit .
16 I 've had a lot of bother with a wee bit of red blisters
17 Well er I had a lot of friends here and there , and when I 've had a lot of photos to develop for them , and then when I got everything done , you felt a sigh of relief at getting it all done .
18 He 's been on the sauce basically but he 's kicked the habit and he says of kicking the drinking habit I 've had a lot of help and a lot of good counselling , in the end it 's up to me .
19 I 've had a lot of falls in my time .
20 Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself .
21 Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises .
22 Oh I li well I , I 've had a lot of moves dear in my time I tell you I , first of all when I first got married I lived at Bishop 's Stortford , then from Bishop 's Stortford I went to erm Stansted in rooms cos I , you know we could n't get a place and from there I had one of my sons oh hello time , eleven o'clock just struck what 's the day ?
23 That 's always a concern at the villages , because I live in a town , I live in a small town near here , erm I 've had a lot of dealings in villages , and people who live in villages always want to have starter homes , but as soon as you put an application in for starter homes , there 's even more opposition to it , as happened down in Bleasby , Council threw that one out .
24 And you know I 've had a lot of people say to me , Oh is it just a sales call ?
25 quite refreshing , I 've had a lot of coffee already today .
26 I 've had a lot of them .
27 I 've had a lot of troubles !
28 I 've had a lot of problems with that , so I basically say do n't use it , whether you try or not is basically up to you .
29 Although I have has a lot of support , I feel heartbroken about Henri 's future .
30 I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular .
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