Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 2 | Could I have honestly earned enough to have subsisted upon , to find me in proper food and clothing , such as is necessary , I should not have gone astray … |
| 3 | That 's when I started trying to get you back ; I knew I had n't got long to do it . ’ |
| 4 | I 've just come here to work — at the vets ’ in Little Kirkton — Caro 's old job . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , that uncle of yours did n't have the manners to write , never mind the decency to come ; but I 've long learned never to expect anything from an ass but a kick . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Believe me , Mrs Diggory , I have already seen enough to convince me of that ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But ’ , I said , ‘ I have n't come here to talk about my exam prospects ! ’ |
| 8 | Cos I have n't got nowhere to put it . |
| 9 | But I have n't got anywhere to go to . |