Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing the steep mountain roads round hairpin bends was quite dramatic and more than once I had glimpses of distant eagles . |
| 2 | than ever I 've done ! |
| 3 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 4 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 5 | Since your skin is clearly thicker than even I had supposed , I am writing to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us . |
| 6 | Although previously I had been walking only on weekends , I was now walking up to five times a week for half an hour at a time . |
| 7 | There has been considerable rumour and conjecture about its future , although recently I have heard once again that it has been purchased but whether to remain as a public house I ‘ m not sure . |
| 8 | Life is smarter and more pre-war than anywhere I have yet seen . ’ |
| 9 | So then if suddenly I have about a tenth of them entries . |
| 10 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 11 | If only I had n't had that last cup of hot chocolate . |
| 12 | I should try it myself if only I had the time . ’ |
| 13 | If only I had a crinoline to sweep down the grand staircase in ! |
| 14 | They will say ‘ I did n't know he was hoarding the tablets ’ or ‘ If only I had listened to what he was saying , maybe he was trying to tell me how he felt , and I was always too busy to listen . ’ |
| 15 | If only I had his nerve , think of the greasy eggs and tough bacon I could have been spared ! |
| 16 | Oh ma'am if only I had shown myself strong in the face of temptation ! |
| 17 | If only I had as much spare time as you evidently do , then I would happily reciprocate by wandering about this house reminding you of tasks you have perfectly well in hand . ’ |
| 18 | If only I had been less impatient and tried to go last . |
| 19 | If only I had a duck 's back instead of wafer thin skin . |
| 20 | ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’ |
| 21 | If only I had a ghost . |
| 22 | But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem . |
| 23 | ‘ If only I had n't called it off she might still be here . ’ |
| 24 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 25 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 26 | If only I had n't said this , that or the other . |
| 27 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 28 | If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening . |