Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] but i have " in BNC.

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1 I do n't remember her of course but I 've heard my father and them speaking about it .
2 This is still a month or two short of publication but I have managed to get hold of a set of proofs which I am sending you under separate cover .
3 God says to us , ‘ Yes , you are guilty , unworthy and deserving of punishment but I have provided for your forgiveness . ’
4 It was a nice piece of lingerie but I 'd never worked out why they named it after Spanish terrorists
5 ‘ These include four species of cobra but I have only seen a cobra twice , ’ he said .
6 I would answer that we are talking about a change of use but I have to add the reminder that the largest area inside the city is currently British Rail land .
7 ‘ I had heard of Genesis but I had never heard them .
8 I 'm ever so disappointed that I 've not been to Yugoslavia , I wanted to go to Dubrovnik , you know , it 's been on the sort of list but I 've never got round to it .
9 I started by assuming it was the usual sort of thing but I 've made inquiries with our people in Narborough and I 'm not sure it was anything sexual .
10 If giving or withholding this responsibility were possible options in a one-person game , then this criterion would do nothing to counter the charge of arbitrariness but I have already argued that they are not and could not be .
11 Some might like a push stick for safety but I 've never bothered .
12 Dear Rosemary , I know you must receive hundreds of letters like mine but I have been meaning to write to you now for ages .
13 I was weak with hunger but I had a knife and I could still move round the city .
14 It took 2 years to put it in place but I 've had 26 birds on the place .
15 At about half past eleven I had a telephone call — I was in bed but I have an extension in my room for emergencies .
16 ‘ This course is made for me from tee to green but I 've got a lot to learn on the greens , ’ he said .
17 Both of us were scared to death but I had the advantage of surprise .
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