Example sentences of "[subord] i have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never accept a job where I had to wear a skirt . |
| 2 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 3 | At this point I had to fly and catch him up , so I flew to Khabarovsk in far east Siberia where I had to spend a night . |
| 4 | I left the crew to fend for themselves ; they were a married couple , after all , and I remembered a small trattoria in a back street where I had enjoyed a candlelit meal . |
| 5 | They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place . |
| 6 | And so I walked to Whitcross , the lonely crossroads on the moor , where I had arrived a year ago with no money or luggage . |
| 7 | So often in my life , where I 've made a mistake , it has been by taking the soft option . |
| 8 | " Where I 've got a job . |
| 9 | They say no , 'cause I 've got a police house . |
| 10 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
| 11 | Although I had thrown a stink-bomb through their letter-box ( I was dared to do so ) and had once pulled the belt off Gertie 's dress when teasing her , I do believe that I was the nearest to being a friend of Jossey 's , than anyone . |
| 12 | So although I had expected a life of some leisure , I found myself lucky to be apprenticed to a carpenter in Kendal . |
| 13 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's a real feisty northern woman and that was nice for me because although I 've done a lot of different work , because of my television work , I tend to be thought of as the rather middle-class , bouncy , girl next door type . |
| 15 | I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a ‘ 59 Stratocaster , although I 've got a different neck on it now , because I 'd worn the original one to the point where every time I re-fretted it , I had to fill in the holes ! |
| 17 | Although I have has a lot of support , I feel heartbroken about Henri 's future . |
| 18 | Hollies are not difficult to grow , although I have found a tendency for them to die back badly at maturity in places with cool , wet summers . |
| 19 | More than I have wanted a woman for a very long time … ’ |
| 20 | She fancies herself as another Madonna , so I had to wear a black bra with dungarees over the top — it looked gross . |
| 21 | He took a tentative bite and then started howling again , so I had to open a tin of Whiskas — turkey flavour , full price . |
| 22 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In the end I ran out of material so I had to use a sketch devised by my son ! |
| 24 | It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee . |
| 25 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 26 | EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound . |
| 27 | ‘ I think it was a threatened abortion , so I 've sent a sample for pregnancy test , and given her a shot of analgesic . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So I 've had a run of bad luck . |
| 29 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
| 30 | I thought the the restaurant was quite expensive so I 've bought a sandwich in the shop instead . |