Example sentences of "[pers pn] have drive [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I knew that if I had to drive to the park or into the country first , then the walking would never get done except at weekends .
2 And I had to drive to Mould oh !
3 I had driven into Bristol , an unknown city and twice lost my way .
4 I had driven in tumescent haste to our tryst at Appleby horse fair .
5 I 've driven past these water parks and they 're invariably painted turquoise or bright blue . ’
6 I 've driven from California to Colorado — this is not an imaginary answer .
7 Yeah , its just er I feel you know its , its a waste of your life , you know sitting , I have to drive through the , the necessity to work every day , its an hour of my day spent just behind a wheel when I could be in the train , you know reading or doing something more productive
8 I have to drive to Brighton . ’
9 ‘ Good , ’ he commented , and , making her heart leap with pleasure , ‘ I have to drive to Karlovy Vary this morning , and wondered , since you 've stated that it was on your itinerary , if you 'd like to come with me ? ’
10 I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good .
11 PRINCESS Diana has returned the controversial £72,000 Mercedes sports car she has driven for 10 months .
12 ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing .
13 She 'd driven into Valletta early after a quick breakfast of warm honey rolls and coffee and a phone call to London to Angie , her loyal secretary-PA , to check on things in the office .
14 And she , she wait , she made out she 'd driven on a road
15 She 'd driven from Newcastle to virtually to with the choke on !
16 Did you erm could you have drove on that what you drunk alright ?
17 She had to drive to the end of the street to turn round ; when she passed Giles 's house on the way back the door was closed .
18 She had driven for miles , trying to throw off the demons of jealousy and bitter resentment that plagued her , but it was no use .
19 Shelley did not confess that she had driven past the Casa Madrid .
20 You had to drive to Karlovy Vary , and invited me along . ’
21 First , after about twelve miles and just after you have driven through the limestone defile of Escot , there is Sarrance , a colourless , silent village these days but an old place of pilgrimage and of literary inspiration .
22 Each day so far we 'd driven into the left rough and finished up taking bogey-fives .
23 It seems ages since we 've driven down this road .
24 When we had driven off the land , Signe and Harvey had studied the shrinkage and cracking of the ice at the water 's edge and pronounced it safe .
25 We had driven up a muddy track for ten miles and had arrived at a completely ruined farmhouse with no windows or doors , set into the slope of a mountain , looking over a marshy plain .
26 By the time we had driven to Port Eynon , the wind had really picked up but not easily deterred , we abandoned the car and set off towards the cliffs .
27 We had driven for five hours in open lorries through a rainstorm , climbing into the foothills of the Alps and then across a wilderness of a training area , with sharp mountains and expanses of harsh , windblown moorland .
28 When we had driven for ten minutes or so across the plain of frozen sea Harvey said , ‘ All out . ’
29 All at once , I sat up as if electrified , for we had driven into a large corrugated iron compound , and there were British soldiers everywhere !
30 Quite suddenly we had driven into soft , damp sand , grey and treacherous .
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