Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [adv] have the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you .
2 I may never have the strength again . ’
3 The suite , everything had screw on legs and we bought erm a radiogram , that was a Pye , beautiful thing it was , it was ever so expensive then , I might even have the bill for that somewhere , we bought that at the town centre in Laytoners was it ?
4 ‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face .
5 ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ .
6 I could n't have the baby in there , for example .
7 I do n't like my lessons , I 'd rather have the money , if that 's what she 's saying
8 I 'd rather have the money .
9 ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience .
10 I 'd rather have the hit off dikes any day , but smack was easier to get hold of , so I got into that instead .
11 I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out .
12 I do n't want to spend too long — there 's a lot else to do in London and I 'd rather have the autopsy before I ask too many questions .
13 Yeah , well I 've got floral , I 'd rather have the plain
14 I 'd rather have the power
15 I 'd sooner have the duvet to be honest about it !
16 I mean I did not need to stay on at school or get my B.A. at Strathclyde to know when not to F or C. Fuck-me shoes , I just handed them back to the saleslady with as much dignity as I could muster and says , thanks but no thanks , I do n't know when I 'd ever have the occasion to werr them .
17 I do n't know why I should be ; it was quite a reasonable assumption and I ca n't begin to imagine how anyone would dare to whip two manuscripts like that out of sight — I 'd never have the nerve .
18 I said , oh I 'd only have the timer and it let's you do half an hour at a time
19 My God I would n't have the gall to argue would you ?
20 Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee .
21 They assumed that , after a career as a player that was a rewarding one despite a few hiccups , I would n't have the stomach to come back in . ’
22 It would be a little like complimenting a grizzly on his fine thick fur and I would n't have the nerve .
23 But I would n't have the nerve to do what they 're doing .
24 I would never have the chance of an adventure like this again .
25 I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it .
26 Yeah , and I ca n't have the casserole .
27 Her boss said : ‘ I ca n't have the public being driven crazy with desire . ’
28 I ca n't have the baby , you do see that , do n't you ?
29 Now I know I shall never have the skill .
30 I am surprised by what he says ; if he cares to write to me or to the Secretary of State for Education and Science I will certainly have the matter looked into .
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