Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i have [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've also adopted the philosophy that I must develop somebody to do my job better than I have done it . |
| 2 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 3 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
| 4 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 5 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 6 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
| 7 | Perhaps because I have proven I am no mere parasite , and have helped her knock out one dazzling 1,500-word column for Outsider in record time . |
| 8 | ‘ I only popped in because I 'd heard you were in town . ’ |
| 9 | But the bank wo n't crash merely because I 've bought you a cup of tea and a few Carnival cakes . ’ |
| 10 | I know you can do better because I 've heard you do it . ’ |
| 11 | How long since I 've seen it loose ? |
| 12 | They 've been closing down since I 've known them |
| 13 | A fortnight or so after I had dictated it in October 1971 , I had a telephone call from Harold Wilson to know whether I had read Wigg 's memoirs , and was I aware of the very personal attacks on him and Marcia Williams ? |
| 14 | This has happened to the car at some time in its past , as a result of which the crank shaft 's worn , the engine 's a bit dodgy , but I buy it 's not apparent when I buy it , but the engine breaks down after I 've bought it and I 've paid for this warranty , you 're going to come back and say ‘ oh , this was a defect inherent in the vehicle before you bought it , excluded by the warranty ’ . |
| 15 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 16 | ’ She told it to them much as I 'd told her myself . |
| 17 | I 'll sign in when I 've put her away for the night . ’ |
| 18 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
| 19 | Not if I 've got it set . |
| 20 | My God , not if I have to kill you to keep you in this bedroom ! ’ |
| 21 | Not if I have to drag her through every court in the land … |
| 22 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 23 | But it does n't matter anyway cos I 've give her some money and I 'll give her her other money |
| 24 | I think I can throw it away cos I 've proved it to myself that it work , the three of them . |
| 25 | not till I 've heard it . |
| 26 | You 'll never know the torture I 've gone through because I 've loved you so . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'll stay away because I 've ordered him to stay away . |
| 28 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 29 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 30 | Not after I 've seen him anyway . ’ |