Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there 's been some scepticism about the symbolism of , of weddings there 's also some scepticism about the reality of making that vow forever , er , which I personally have sympathy with cos I do n't see how you can say you 're going to do anything forever , but I suppose if you 've made a vow you 've got to stick with it . |
| 2 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 3 | There is nothing more tedious for the teacher than to hear one of his best students saying , after the examination : ‘ Oh , I did very well , but I only had time to answer half the paper . ’ |
| 4 | I only had time to gasp in horror , before I saw that Heathcliff had caught him . |
| 5 | I only had time for fast food . |
| 6 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 7 | In fact I only had time now because I had left Rebecca parked in her pram outside the supermarket . |
| 8 | The issues here are complicated and I only have space to give a rough indication of where the difficulties lie . |
| 9 | But I only have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable if I have reason to believe quite generally that events which I have not observed are similar to events which I have observed . |
| 10 | The pressure of work , the need to earn , the pressure of family and children , the disappointment of new partners are only too real but do not say , ‘ I only have strength to carry on this path I am treading . |
| 11 | And fortunately I suddenly had inspiration , just at the last possible moment . |
| 12 | I scarcely had time to close it before he was upon me . |
| 13 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 14 | When we were about twenty yards away from them an old woman turned and saw us. I just had time to see the panic on her face before the driver applied the brakes . |
| 15 | I knew I had to go back to hospital but I just had time to see my mother and sister off and to help my father close up grandmother 's house and to see uncle Henry take her off to the station , with destination Somerset . |
| 16 | " I just had time to think " Thank God it was n't my teeth " . " |
| 17 | I just had time to dive into the nearest ditch , dropping the bicycle on the road , before I heard another shower of bullets . |
| 18 | But it was too slow , or too stupid : I just had time to grab her angles and pull her away . |
| 19 | We called briefly at Gibraltar where I just had time to walk up the Rock and see the apes . |
| 20 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 21 | I already had reason to suspect that I was by no means flavour-of-the-month at the Oxford International Language College . |
| 22 | For instance , I once had occasion to ask him if a certain gentleman expected at the house was likely to be accompanied by his wife . |
| 23 | ‘ In so far as I ever had snake hips , they have gone since I came here . ’ |
| 24 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |
| 25 | Though ca n't say I ever had call to . ’ |
| 26 | If I ever had cause to hate anyone , it would be him , and I 'm going to tell him so , when I meet him . ’ |
| 27 | So I always had meat during the rainy months when I could not go out with a gun . |
| 28 | I ALWAYS HAD FAITH THAT LECONTE COULD BEAT ANYBODY , ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME — YANNICK NOAH |
| 29 | I always had faith that he could still beat anybody , anywhere at any time ’ . |
| 30 | Previously I always had difficulty in arranging a caretaker for the cottage , and often ended up spending the entire weekend gardening and doing the housework . ’ |