Example sentences of "i have [adv] [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | On an outing to the obscure Gate Crag in Eskdale we picked a route called Bosigran — this had to be climbed because I 'd just returned from my first climbing trip to Cornwall . |
| 2 | When my father died there were a lot of quarrels between my mother and I. I 'd always lived with my father , so I did n't know her , or how she wanted me to be . |
| 3 | No , this is mine , I 'd better pay for my own |
| 4 | I 'd better get on my way . ’ |
| 5 | It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely . |
| 6 | When I reached Denis 's , I 'd almost forgotten about my brassy hair . |
| 7 | An officer who had worked on the social side for twenty years summed it up as " the most brilliant lecture on our social services I 'd ever heard in my life " . |
| 8 | She was the loveliest girl that I 'd ever seen in my life , and her voice was like music . |
| 9 | ‘ I used to lie on my bed all day thinking about every bloody meal I 'd ever had in my life . |
| 10 | It was the most embarrassing thing I 'd ever experienced in my life — and in front of Peter . |
| 11 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 12 | Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . |
| 13 | I was next to Lee Macrae , accredited with being one of the world 's fastest starters , and I had already decided on my tactics . |
| 14 | ‘ I had already tried in my youth to enlist in the Forces as an officer cadet , which would have allowed me to enter the arsenal and precede Lortie in a rampage . |
| 15 | I had never gone to my room this early . |
| 16 | I could only be glad that I had never spoken of my plan to Joe , when he was looking after me . |
| 17 | I had never thought about my father , about meeting him , not knowing , and something like this happening , and now I saw it was possible , the desire to laugh became a fearful compulsion . |
| 18 | I began to feel , as I had always felt with my aunts , that personal affairs were unimportant : we were only sticks in the great river of history that was sweeping us along . |
| 19 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 20 | At times I wondered why I had ever embarked upon my personal research study . |
| 21 | This period around 1967 was the time of the big change-over in the airline business from piston engines to jets , so it was clear that the programme I had selfishly pursued for my own good was in fact a proper course to follow for all Ops inspectors if they were to continue to be able to do their work effectively . |
| 22 | I had certainly learned from my talk with Sir Horace Evans of the nature and seriousness of Eden 's malady ; but the great doctor had seemed hopeful in November that a few weeks ’ rest , followed by the normal holiday at Christmas , would be sufficient . |
| 23 | I believe that support this and I 've already seen in my own district to traffic calming which never previously existed . |
| 24 | I 've already posted off my suggestions : it 's either Charlie Drake , Seth from Emmerdale Farm or Noel Edmonds . |
| 25 | Disappearing zoanthids were a clue to the presence of the most spectacular uninvited guest I 've yet observed in my system . |
| 26 | I 've just looked through my notes o of the meeting . |
| 27 | I 've just got into my college 's riding team and am over the moon at this exciting prospect . |
| 28 | Yes , I think it 's most probably one of the most important goals I 've ever scored in my life , especially when it was last minute , now because we soaked a lot of pressure up and as I say , it 's the best time to score . |
| 29 | I had one letter , written after he got back to Darvel , in which he spoke of how our parting had affected him : ‘ You seemed so big-eyed and pathetic when I left , that it fairly caught my heart ; that exit was the most difficult I 've ever made in my life . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ BEST decision I 've ever made in my life , ’ said Des Walker , gazing down from the terrace of his Genoese apartment at sunlit rocks and ocean . |