Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i have [art] " in BNC.

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1 I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said .
2 So if I had a queue is n't it , I just used to carry on with whatever was going on .
3 I did n't mean to stay that long cos I had a lot to do .
4 and there be twenty eight shillings a week , that 's all I allowed him and because that was even better than labour money and so the day , they , I had to keep that they stopped all me labour , so cos I had the money you see .
5 I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters .
6 I was told to hammer them down and not give in until I had a sale .
7 But erm perhaps because I had a good , I do n't know .
8 ‘ People call me Moma Parsheen , perhaps because I have no children except for … ’ she stroked the cat creature .
9 Went to Rubella 's in the evening but they would n't let me in because I had a bit of instant Whip on my Brummy vest .
10 I turned right and walked up to a crossroads where two shops and a bar were open ; I could n't go in because I had no money , so I continued up the road .
11 I gave in because I had no cards to play .
12 ‘ It would n't matter much because I have a reputation , one that I 'm really stretching to the full in doing a feature on sunny Spain .
13 they had no vision of a classless society , erm , personally while I 've no desire to see uniformity , I see no earthly reason why some people because they have a lower income should be compelled to live in inferior and perhaps crowded conditions , whereas the man with five or six or seven times their income can choose a larger house in a much more delightful district and I think it is things like that that make the difference between what I as a young socialist agitator was advocating and what we find today .
14 I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep .
15 Especially since I had the misfortune to come to your aid the other night .
16 I allowed you to ride alone when I had no knowledge at all of your ability .
17 ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added .
18 I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be .
19 ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me .
20 Only when I had the body in my hand did see it was a goldcrest .
21 I , I was in when I had a hysterectomy and , but I think I was so ill I was glad really that erm I was on my own then .
22 And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them .
23 ‘ Just wait there , Miss Holbrook , and I 'll fit you in when I have a moment . ’
24 Moreover , since the speaker chose to say my uncle rather than I have an uncle and he … , we must assume she did n't feel the need to assert the information .
25 I was n't going to get anything else out of Pardy anyway so I had a statement typed up and after Deanes had put a magnifying glass over it , the lad signed and was ushered out by Deanes doing a mother-hen act over him . ’
26 I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences .
27 Just because I had a bat and had played at school , they assumed I was some kind of expert .
28 Just because I had a wedding ring on .
29 Just because I have a dark blue saloon car … well , does that make me a murderer ? ’
30 And this is not a sales pitch just because I have a contract with Wilson to make the clubs .
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