Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I worked at , when I started off in the I quite liked my job in there , you made your own pay , and I liked , it was a starching job , I 'd quite a good job in there . |
| 2 | Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’ |
| 3 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 4 | ‘ I had rather a rough passage with Canon Wheeler over the sermon , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 5 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 6 | I had over a thousand letters of congratulation . |
| 7 | ‘ Sir , I had never an intent to offend . |
| 8 | And then ( with a curious scrutiny of my face ) , ‘ Mrs Ross and I had quite a long chat the other afternoon . |
| 9 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 10 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 11 | I had quite a restless night , and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning . |
| 12 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 13 | Then I suddenly found I had quite a lot of projects going on , working for Kenny Rogers and Jimmy Ruffin … |
| 14 | So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . |
| 16 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 17 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 18 | The thing I hated most about my pregnancy was the hot weather and my body changing I had quite a nice figure before but now along with the stretch marks , I hate my body . |
| 19 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 20 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ said the young man modestly , ‘ I suppose I had quite a reputation . |
| 22 | I had quite a good chat with Ray the other day , yes , eh . |
| 23 | Even to someone like myself , who has been envied in politics much more often for my physical stamina than for my brains , it was a severe pace , and I had only a fraction of the work and strain of Anthony . |
| 24 | I had only a vague idea where the circle was , but nevertheless set off towards it . |
| 25 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 26 | And I had only a day here before I received the Kha-Khan 's summons . ’ |
| 27 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 28 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 29 | I had only a brief opportunity of shaking his hand at the end , as I was obliged to rush back to Oxford before I was ‘ gated ’ . |
| 30 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |