Example sentences of "i have [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was absolutely right to welcome the substantial increases that I have announced today for a range of programmes . |
| 2 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 3 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 4 | I 'm I 'm actually I have to go back to a house . |
| 5 | The net result is that my life is now no longer threatened by these often beautiful but decidedly hostile shrubs , and I have invested instead in a selection of prickly perennials which I can appreciate without risking injury every time I broach the border . |
| 6 | I have hesitated about including a small section on this sort of material in a volume on book-collecting , since the ephemera umbrella seems to cover an extraordinary variety of objects ; including music hall songs , palm prints , cigarette packets , orange wrappers , ‘ peep ’ eggs , bridge score cards , menus , embroidery patterns , watchmaker 's labels , tram tickets and commemorative tins ; to say nothing of posters proclaiming the merits of various soaps , female herbal pills , bilious and liver medicaments . |
| 7 | I have looked carefully over a period of weeks at those applications , and have reached the view that they deserve to be granted . |
| 8 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 10 | It is the first letter that I have had here in a year … ’ |
| 11 | I recently bought a 4ft aquarium , which I have set up as a community tank . |
| 12 | I have set out below a brief paragraph in respect of each question which you could use in your replies , however I would be grateful if you would qualify any replies to indicate that these are general answers and that any specific queries on individual cases should be referred to the Council Tax Section at Chesser House or myself . |
| 13 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 14 | Recognising that a lot of women are taking to the hills , and that they may feel a little intimidated by such a male-orientated sport , especially since they all dress in the same fluffy things as us now , I have come up with a startling new innovation . |
| 15 | That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while . |
| 16 | On a hundred occasions I have idled similarly in a deserted croft in the Highlands of Scotland and wondered about the lives that had been lived in it . |
| 17 | What she and I have seems more like a partnership . |