Example sentences of "[conj] i have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Having reached the centre of the town , I hobbled back to the north of it , where I had seen vehicles waiting for the filling station to open .
2 There is an unutterable sadness around Medina del Campo , where I had to change trains for Salamanca .
3 Could you come with men There are a lot of things I want to talk about , and it would be easier in my office , where I 've got maps and things . "
4 Where I have to take issue with the LTA , however , is over its decision to increase prize money for 1992 by 20 per cent from $500,000 to $600,000 , which will be exactly double the minimum requirement from tournaments in the same category on the ATP Tour , for 1993 .
5 Suffice it to say that if I could afford it , there would be pieces of bogwood where I have shown rocks at the back !
6 Either that or I 've got wax in my ears .
7 This shocked me 'cause I 'd left Antigua with no idea what colour prejudice was , no idea .
8 A splendid night of football although I had hoped Villa would go through .
9 The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station .
10 And I used to use this flat because although I had to pay Dad a bit of rent , of course , it was quite low .
11 By this I mean that the bait is only fished on the outward journey , the retrieve being of such a speed to bounce the bait across the surface and although I 've seen pike strike at these surface poppers , it 's a very rare occasion .
12 Although I 've had form , nobody 's ever told me anything that I should be doing , people come round and say , you have n't done that .
13 I came across him when I was about 14 or 15 , and although I 'd played Chet Atkins-style fingerpicking before , it had n't occurred to me to use the bottleneck in conjunction with fingerpicking .
14 We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door .
15 Although I 'd enjoyed Milly-Molly-Mandy :
16 I had no trouble the night I got 94 in one setting — although I have heard tales from other warreners who have suggested this has happened to them .
17 Stick to Dijon , although I have used Colman 's mustard and horseradish mix to good effect when I wanted a slightly sweet one .
18 ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’
19 On the other hand , something like walking past a building site in the summer in shorts is much easier now that I 've lost weight .
20 I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight .
21 Erm I do n't know if I gave you , and if I did n't I need to , the things that I 've called recordings logs , that are different than meeting logs .
22 He shrugged , then muttered , ‘ Only the fact that I 've known women to break their word . ’
23 After all that I 've left ciggies in the car .
24 And if they find out that I 've had cookery , I 'm dead !
25 Erm , and the reports that I 've had back from the governors was that Concept Catering was so , so absolutely certain that they were the only people who could do it , that when they were faced with competition , they had n't got the faintest idea how to respond to it .
26 Now that I 've mentioned drugs the story suddenly sounds believable .
27 AND , now that I 've mentioned joints , continuing progress in developing
28 Now that I 've finished work I 'll probably do that for you
29 Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out .
30 I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are .
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