Example sentences of "[conj] [det] i have do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put himself right before every one of them , and he was so intelligent at the job that all I had to do was to ride him quietly and let him jump without fussing him . ’ |
| 2 | He had taken me on to smooth his path , and this I had done . |
| 3 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
| 4 | And all I 'd done was to see his real face by it . |
| 5 | ‘ Martin and his team keep kicking the ball into the penalty area and all I have to do is nod it into the net , ’ the 31-year-old rider said . |
| 6 | I know for a fact I 'm not cos all I 've done all week is sit on my bum and watch telly and eat a lot . |
| 7 | Cos all I have to do is . |
| 8 | ‘ I dare say , ’ said Constance , ‘ that I 'd wear a smile on my face if all I had to do was lie around all day and every now and then chase a bit of fluff round a dog track . |
| 9 | ‘ If all I have to do to get a girl with your looks to spend a night with me is bust a leg ’ — he stopped for breath — ‘ soon as I 'm out of here I 'm busting the other . ’ |
| 10 | It can be quite difficult working at something with needle and yarn with your eyes glued to a diagram but this I had to do . |
| 11 | You 're not bad , ’ which was nonsense because all I had done was follow Harvey 's steps and fake pauses when they became too difficult to follow . |
| 12 | The part was quite easy because all I had to do was stand about and wag my tail . |
| 13 | Indeed , once I was congratulated by a local town councillor in Holyhead for having such sensible ideas , when all I had done was repeat , at irregular intervals , fragments of what had emerged from the councillor 's own monologue . |