Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry to say I have such a headache at this very moment because the thin winter light has faded outside the window and I have had to light a candle in order to get all this down in good time . |
| 2 | In the first place I am happy to say I have a most comfortable ship the ‘ Parsee ’ ’ although a small one 350 tons Barque with a commodious poop , no steerage passengers and not more than ten or twelve cabin p[assengers] . |
| 3 | You 'll be interested to know I 've just changed , I 've just renewed my insurance policy on my car which is an E reg V W Golf diesel . |
| 4 | You will be interested to know I have renamed it : |
| 5 | Dry-eyed , I acquiesced when it finally hit the bag of clothes for ‘ Poor Peggy , she 's you-know-what-again , God help her ’ , and I 'm delighted to say I have n't given it a thought since . |
| 6 | You will be relieved to know I 've ordered some new rubber gloves like this and some new goggles for next term . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm ashamed to say I 've never eaten Greek food before , ’ she told him . |
| 8 | I just want to be able to say I 've done it , that 's all . ’ |
| 9 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 10 | You were right to say I 'd neglected you . |
| 11 | He , they were late to bed I 'd had them erm round at the shops and then er er Queensway , then the shopping centre to pick up a card for for Chris . |
| 12 | " It 's fair to say I 've never stopped griping since you left . |
| 13 | It is any wonder I have no colour sense ? |
| 14 | ’ Well , it 's nice to know I have the organisation 's seal of approval . ’ |
| 15 | So it was awful to find I 'd done something wrong . |
| 16 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How did you know someone had been strangling me if everyone else in there was willing to believe I 'd had a fit ? ’ |
| 18 | So I was glad to feel I had no choice , that I was forced … . ’ |
| 19 | I think it was fair to say I had his attention , though the fountain pen he was strangling would never be the same again . |
| 20 | On the Green that night I was ready to say I had backed a loser , and to be graceful in defeat , a gentleman to the end . |