Example sentences of "that i have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When I say , ‘ Now I see it as a duck ’ , am I saying that I have a certain Lockean visual sensation — that is , that the figure appears to me , in a non-concept-dependent sense of ‘ appears ’ , in a certain way — which I have found I always have when I am led by the accompanying text to apply the figure in a certain way ?
2 Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly .
3 Hmmmm , at the risk of seeming boring and conservative , I have to say that I have a certain amount of sympathy with Wilko over this one .
4 Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand .
5 He is also aware that I have a deep regard for Joan de Warenne — and in that I fear he is not alone ! ’
6 Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers .
7 The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it .
8 So it might be , just the fact that I have a new car .
9 But if I was pressed to make a choice , apart from Coldingham Loch , I would have to admit that the Whiteadder River is my favourite Border stream , and I confess that I have a vested interest in Whiteadder .
10 I must prepare to say at this point that I have a special report on the Colville Road area to er er committee , not just on the now but I think we probably need to have further consultation with regard to the needs in that area .
11 They 're suggesting that I have a permanent security guard on duty , day and night , apart from an alarm system that would be more suitable to the Bundesbank than a private house !
12 I should like to refer briefly to something in which my right hon. and learned Friend knows that I have a passionate interest .
13 " I have to say that I have a different opinion of you than of some of the others from your house .
14 ‘ It 's just that I have a particular dislike of anonymous letters .
15 Notice that I have a red pencil and a blue one has no crossed interpretation , which is what we expect from a genuine ambiguity .
16 Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome .
17 If you take into account the fact that I have been up till after midnight every night since Monday , that I have a cold , and that that morning I had been talking on a sore throat from 9.30 to 1 o'clock , perhaps you will understand . ’
18 I know that I have a comfortable income now , but I still have difficulty in believing it .
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