Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he has two sons and two daughters , one of whom has recently made him a grandad and , although he confesses to still having the odd game of cricket , his main pastime nowadays is deep-sea fishing . |
| 2 | Unfortunately I am obliged to terminate at this stage , because someone has just passed me a note saying that the band has to depart at 11 pm , and it is now 10.30 . |
| 3 | ‘ Come in here a bit , ’ she suggested as they came to her room , ‘ I 'd better tell you a secret . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose I 'd better offer you a drink now that you 're here . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 8 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 9 | but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use . |
| 10 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 11 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 12 | ‘ I may as well confess , I had n't given it a single thought . ’ |
| 13 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 14 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 15 | I had already sent him a book , examples of my work , a letter about why and how I was doing the book , all for the sake of just one short interview . |
| 16 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 17 | The Shah did no like Bakhtir - " I had always considered him an Anglophile and an agent of British Petroleum . " |
| 18 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 19 | DAVE BASSETT last night apologised to striker Ian Bryson , saying : ‘ I 've probably cost you a Scotland cap . ’ |
| 20 | I 've already made them a promise , those kids we 're going to have . |
| 21 | Well Jodie wanted to come with us and I phoned up and they could n't get her in so then she started saying well why do n't you stay here mum , and all that , I said yeah just when it bloody suits her she wants you to cook her dinner , said she 'd have been she should have I said she 'd be prepared to pay it , I 've already got her a seat she said |
| 22 | Now I 've not given you a lot of chance to speak because you said you do n't want to go and to , but I want |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I 've simply saved you the trouble , have n't I ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've just given you a job to do . |
| 25 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 26 | I 've just bought him a shoulder of lamb , a breast of lamb , well he |
| 27 | Well erm , I 've just gave them a quick rinse because the erm , that stuff 's |
| 28 | I 've also given you a living assurance rate book , because we 'll be looking at both the rate books in a minute . |
| 29 | ‘ Actually , I 've always made it a rule never to get drunk before going on stage . |
| 30 | I I I 've always called it the E flat , |