Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] i have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very red and frothy , frothy colour blood , okay , supposing I had er damaged the lining of the stomach , or perhaps I 've had an ulcer that I 've perforated , and I was coughing up blood from the stomach what colour might that be ? |
| 2 | about the last month or so I 've felt it getting slower . |
| 3 | They had a new machine in , but after a pound or so I had mastered it and won an extra spaceship . |
| 4 | Or so I have heard . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to let the critics get to me but over the past year or so I have learned to relax and not worry . |
| 6 | Or so I have found . |
| 7 | Over the last six months or so I have attempted to present you with a series of practical objectives designed and constructed to help achieve a higher degree of thoroughness in your command of the Pentatonic scale . |
| 8 | Over the past ten years or more I have helped open many of the superstores on the South coast with the interviewing of new staff , and on August 24 we shall open the new Worthing branch at Lyons Farm . |
| 9 | She said and I 've once or twice I 've found a we 've got ta have that , but then what am I gon na give Ashley ? |
| 10 | Once or twice I 've wondered whether it was n't all a trap . |
| 11 | Once or twice I have heard her begin to tell the story of those days to some young man , but then halfway through a sentence she would go white with anger , knock back her gin and go silent . |
| 12 | For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off . |
| 13 | than ever I 've done ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But I 'll finish Chairman , by saying that also I 've received complaints from er , a tenant farmer , not one of our tenant farmers , but a p a person who farms who actually has problems because of the pressure that that farmer is under to allow the hunt to go across their land because they 're surrounded by by farmers who do allow them . |
| 16 | I 'd started locking my shirts in a desk drawer every night , except that now I 'd lost the key with all my Ben Shermans in there . |
| 17 | unless it 's the but er if you 've forgot it back good reason for handing it over so yeah I mean I , I think that well I 've given you the , the , the strength if you like we can see it , perhaps a little bit more open questioning would n't go amiss would it ? |
| 18 | Since your skin is clearly thicker than even I had supposed , I am writing to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us . |
| 19 | Bush had been inaugurated while I was in Australia , and when I came home , I started getting all the bizarre ideas that maybe I 'd had enough of tennis . |
| 20 | I have always thought that maybe I had damaged the transfer needle by trying to use it with the ribber bed on half pitch . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I have had people ring me up at weekends and luckily I 've had the stuff and taken it back . |
| 23 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 24 | He also had difficulty remembering his lines , and eventually I had to write his lines on boards , on bottles , on door frames — anything he had to pass by or pick up . |
| 25 | She was quite happy to let me do my survey and eventually I had to make my excuses or she would have gone on chatting all day . |
| 26 | People add a little on and eventually I have signed for a club and sold my house . |
| 27 | But that was good — not six o'clock yet — Dr Graham might still be at his office And suddenly I had to act quickly . |
| 28 | ‘ I remain confident about my ability to do the business at Premier League level , and suddenly I 've got the chance to prove this self-belief is not misplaced . |
| 29 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |
| 30 | so I had it disconnected , had it disconnected and so I 've asked for it to be re-connected , they ca n't do it until twenty seventh December |