Example sentences of "i have [verb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I ca n't I 've got things to do in the office , a busy company here . |
| 2 | If you have been through a divorce , you must have asked yourself , what if I 'd handled things differently ? |
| 3 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 4 | ‘ Then how could I have spoiled things ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why do I have to learn things I do n't want to know ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 6 | I have been shown real ‘ good Samaritan ’ help by people in prisons here , and without their help I have found things a whole lot tougher than they were . |
| 7 | My flat was under an inch of water and I had to move things upstairs . |
| 8 | Rather , I felt a strange exaltation that our brief married life together — consisting of but a few short leaves — had been of such ravishing sweetness , and that I had not spoiled it as I had spoiled things over two years before . |
| 9 | ‘ Half I had seen things in that place and heard the girls talking . |
| 10 | I had seen things which no-one should ever see . |
| 11 | Only I went to Donald Stewart 's smithy and Mary was there , chatting to her mother , so by the time I had fixed things up with Donald and went along to Grandtully to explain the plan to Alex , Mary had already gone back and told him . |
| 12 | The body shape and layout did n't imply anything , and so for once I had to take things as they came . |
| 13 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 14 | By the flickering light of a hundred or more paper spills , and with no small straining of the eyes , I had read things to haunt the most sceptical , least imaginative mind , even on a summer 's afternoon in good company . |
| 15 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 16 | Maybe I had exaggerated things and Gilly was n't such a bad old stick after all . |
| 17 | I 've said things in there that I 'd rather not have fall into the hands of our enemies . ’ |
| 18 | Erm so as I 've said things go wrong . |
| 19 | Um I think um where I 've seen things that er discussed under the heading of child sex abuse erm er it 's often the case that um y'know maybe in some families you find the situation where there 's a daughter who 's being abused by the father and then when the brother gets old enough to take an interest in sexuality , he joins in as well sort of thing and it 's er y'know it 's like there 's two blokes abusing the girl . |
| 20 | Please check and make sure I 've done things |
| 21 | I 've heard things about you that make my stomach turn ! |
| 22 | I hope I 've made things a little clearer . " |
| 23 | ‘ I 've fixed things so that now I 'll have the time to be a hands-on , actively involved father . ’ |
| 24 | I 've read things in papers people are supposed to have said and think , ‘ You obnoxious twat , I hate you for saying that , ’ but I know there 's gay people out there who read that thing in NME and know it 's a load of bollocks . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've thought things over , and — and I decided it would be best if — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had things on my mind , that 's all . ’ |
| 27 | But I 've found things to do , oh yes ! ’ |
| 28 | I mean several times I 've bought things from them , there 's stately homes , they do the same thing , do n't they ? |
| 29 | when I 've taken things to him I must admit |
| 30 | The thing is I 've omitted I 've omitted things like sin |