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 . |