Example sentences of "have [verb] i do " in BNC.
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1 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
2 | But n no-one has approached me to do so . |
3 | I had not intended to intervene again , but the Minister has invited me to do so . |
4 | The D O E has authorized me to do so , but not to vote . |
5 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
6 | God has created me to do Him some definite service . |
7 | Mentle has suggested I do a flattering team profile , but fiction was never my strong point . |
8 | It 's the great work God has chosen me to do ! |
9 | Now that would not be what one would expect er two months ago if I 'd said well look you know that 's that 's what the revolution 's gon na bring about you would 've said I do n't believe you . |
10 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
11 | She 'd So I thought well I 'd I Well he 'd I did n't say what he 'd done I did n't ask about that , I mean I had I had enough trouble without asking questions like that you see . |
12 | The trouble was , although they 'd got me to do it — maybe because they knew it would save them money , or maybe because you ca n't get that kind of work done by your usual process shop — I did n't know how to do colour separations . |
13 | ‘ Once he 'd disappeared I did n't take any more notice . |
14 | oh , oh Tiny , I 'd thought you 'd finished I do n't mind paying ninety nine P for these , because they , so much goes towards |
15 | And me being a silly idiot , see if I 'd realized I did n't think you do n't think that there 's three parts of the tank , you think it 's a tank and you just turn your tap on and the water comes out or |
16 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
17 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
18 | ‘ Otherwise ’ , she says , ‘ they would n't have let me do it . |
19 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
20 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
21 | Might have done I do n't know where she got it from I 'm sure . |
22 | Of course he should have said I do n't have a choice . |
23 | He must have seen I did n't understand , because he added , drinking . |
24 | After all , something must have made me do it , pointless and unjustified as it seemed now ; perhaps if I went over it all again carefully , I could find out that the truth did n't condemn me out of hand . |
25 | ‘ What would you have had me do , so ? ’ |
26 | When there was Theda behaving like a cat on a hot bakestone , what would you have had me do ? ’ |
27 | Except call in the Bow Street Runners , although your mama would even have had me do that , she was so distraught . ’ |
28 | Well I 'd have thought I du n no ! |
29 | If they 'd known it , if they 'd wanted to , they could have got me to do anything in those minutes . |
30 | I do n't have to shout I do n't have to be aggressive or intimidate people I just have to tell people what I feel , think etc . |