Example sentences of "i have [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 2 | But I think we should , it 's like today , where was I , Battersea area , I think and it 's the first shop I 'd seen that actually had Chinese model manikins in the window , I thought they were sw pretty unusual . |
| 3 | Yes you did it was er the advertisement I 'd seen or very similar in the Scotsman newspaper and I must admit when he got all the information I thought damn I should have gone for that myself . |
| 4 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 5 | I 've learnt that life is deeper than I 'd thought and certainly not meant to be skimmed along . |
| 6 | Naturally , I 'd found that soon after I 'd arrived . |
| 7 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 8 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 9 | I put it in a basket whatever I 'd got and then dress it with a ‘ blower ’ or dressing machine ( if I could borrow one ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought I 'd left that behind , ’ she murmured to him as she began to mount the stairs . |
| 11 | She uses them in her paintings , I know , but I 'd wondered if generally she was allergic , or something … ’ |
| 12 | I wish I 'd known that sooner and I would have acted very differently . |
| 13 | Fifteen minutes later , having banged and bumped our way up another track heading directly for the low hills , the two of us came to the small tin-roofed hut which I had imagined and there , standing before it , was the single link required to bring Balboa 's journey and mine into their final conjunction . |
| 14 | It was a lot stronger than I had imagined and so I did not treat it with the necessary respect . |
| 15 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 16 | I spoke with the MM who had never heard of me , never read anything I had written and never heard anything I 've said on radio , e.g. to callers on advice line phone-ins . |
| 17 | Yet it was as though that night , in the moonlight , in the silence , as though even the work , the months of steady labour , had only been an illusion , only the dream of work , the dream of progress , and I had not even begun and never would begin , though at different moments in my life I might have had the illusion that I had begun and even , perhaps , finished . |
| 18 | I had hoped that somehow such a thing would happen . |
| 19 | I had heard that often enough , especially among the horse fraternity around Darrowby . |
| 20 | ‘ Labour members saw the letter I had sent and automatically assumed I had been misusing the Commons franking machine . |
| 21 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 22 | This moment has been so long in coming , and yet I had thought that perhaps I might , just once … just once … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I had thought that perhaps Señorita Howard would be able to gaze and dream , ’ he murmured , his sardonic gaze on Maggie . |
| 24 | I had considered that perhaps the clues to the several lost treasures were concealed in the fabric of the buildings , that clues might be readily available for the discerning eye — although , logic would surely dictate otherwise . |
| 25 | Although Piers Place was the most beautiful house I had owned or ever would own , it always seemed to be in need of structural repairs , there was a large attic floor which we did n't need ourselves and yet were disinclined to furnish for renting out , and the traffic on the main road outside seemed to increase with every year . |
| 26 | Er and thirdly I think I 've covered that already , it 's it perhaps fails to provide the certainty which we the development plan system is supposed now to . |
| 27 | ‘ As I 've said before directly to the Labour Party , ‘ You must make up your minds . |
| 28 | I 've said that before to men : ‘ Have you had a long enough look ? ’ |
| 29 | Then he said : ‘ If it sounds as though I 've said that before , you 're right . |
| 30 | Erm and er oh yes , er no wait a minute I had and take two and started work as a booking clerk , I 've said that before at Needham Station when I was sixteen . |