Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] i have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Ali is so large I have to stand on my toes to reach over and across the huge expanse of his back to slip the tie under his collar . |
2 | So that perhaps all I have done in twenty-five years is to find out something which I have known all the time . |
3 | And I would n't like a child of mine and I managed just two I had to send to the workhouse and a mother and baby died there , it was a bad case you see . |
4 | The speech he delivered at Labour Party 's headquarters in Walworth Road , at the moment he had confidently expected to be entering Downing St in triumph , was the most moving I have heard from any British politician since Churchill . |
5 | One of the most remarkable I have heard of is in the island of Timor , where there is a deposit , known as Bobonaro Scaly Clay , that extends for some 600 miles of outcrop , 60 miles wide and 1 miles thick . |
6 | ‘ Some of the things that were said last Sunday were the most severe I 've heard in my life . |
7 | So far all I 've heard from you is bleating about Maria Luisa 's feelings ; well , I care about Steve 's — ’ |
8 | It 's about five I 've done in in two days . |
9 | ‘ Will you tell her how much I 've worried about her ? ’ asked Harry . |
10 | and er see how much I 've got to , lay it down then |
11 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
12 | ‘ To tell you the truth , I had n't realised quite how much I 'd got in the habit of the kind of organised chaos we worked under at St Margaret 's . |
13 | ‘ I just do n't know how much I have left in this head , these legs and my heart . ’ |
14 | I 'll have to check , I do n't know how many I 've got in there , I do n't look . |
15 | Arriving early for a night session is a good idea for several reasons , not least those I have mentioned about having plenty of time to tackle up in daylight , bait the swim , and settle in comfortably . |