Example sentences of "[conj] i have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 2 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 3 | Where I 've just dug . |
| 4 | Where I 've just dug there . |
| 5 | ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . ) |
| 6 | Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how . |
| 7 | They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use . |
| 8 | Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and |
| 9 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |
| 10 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 11 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
| 12 | Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment . |
| 13 | Do n't you realize that neither you nor me have really had any consideration from your father in years . |
| 14 | Neither he nor I had ever performed there before . |
| 15 | The tracks are indeed of jarv , a shy , elusive animal that neither Tony nor I have ever seen . |
| 16 | I was certainly not ill , although I had yet to recover from the effects of the operation and was far weaker than I had been BC , but I was well . |
| 17 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 18 | Although I had already spoken to her about past lives , Maxine was not at all sure that she believed in the concept . |
| 19 | Although I had certainly saved the palace , I knew it was a crime , punishable by death , to make water anywhere near the palace . |
| 20 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 21 | Although I had always lived in a freezing cold damp house and spent a lot of my own childhood in hospital and even remember my own mum referring to our flats as pneumonia houses , in my ignorance I had never made the connection between our living conditions , ill health and the social and environmental climate . |
| 22 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 23 | Strathbeg is one of the least known and yet most delightful lochs in Scotland and I was aware of its reputation , having discovered it whilst researching my book The Trout Lochs of Scotland , although I had never fished there . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
| 25 | I 've never been particularly good at chatting up women although I 've always liked women and sex , so the idea of cutting out all the small talk seemed both convenient and appealing to me . |
| 26 | ‘ I like Dickon , although I 've never seen him . ’ |
| 27 | Indeed the magazine tables proffer The Economist , the Spectator and a clutch of literary magazines , although I 've never seen any of them being read . |
| 28 | They 've got the spare uniform somewhere , although I 've never seen it . |
| 29 | We had real cowboys teaching us how to use a gun although I 've never felt the need to carry a gun um , I felt like a five year old with a pistol . |
| 30 | Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine . |