Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] i have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have no idea who these riders were and I have to accept the clerk of the course 's decision . |
| 2 | Yeah it were after I 'd had summat to eat . |
| 3 | The reason why I joined the original class was that I had become intrigued by what I had heard and read about the Technique and I thought it might help prevent a second hip operation . |
| 4 | I wondered , since my mother was principally concerned for my health , and Lili only for my dress , why it was that I had felt secure until my mother arrived . |
| 5 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 6 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
| 7 | But the main thing , after all , was that I had sent nothing abroad , although some diplomat friends had offered to do this for me . |
| 8 | What I did not realise then — but what I would discover the moment I embarked on my journey to those front doors — was that I had touched upon the essence of the Arab–Israeli war ; that while the existence of the Palestinians and their demand for a nation lay at the heart of the Middle East crisis , it was the contradiction inherent in the claims to ownership of the land of Palestine — the ‘ homeland ’ of the Jews in Balfour 's declaration — which generated the anger and fear of both Palestinians and Israelis . |
| 9 | People envied me my birth and my childhood , but my secret pride was that I had rejected both to make of myself a prosaic and common-sense fellow . |
| 10 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 11 | On the other , the only memory was that I had chosen as my lodgings , from the Equity good-digs book , an establishment under the auspices of a Madam somebody or other , under the mistaken impression that she was French and therefore bound to produce the most delicious cuisine for which her country was rightly famous . |
| 12 | And how it was that I had rediscovered the gift in pubescence , as if prompted by my burgeoning sexuality . |
| 13 | The second bit was that I had to identify Billy . |
| 14 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 15 | All I could remember of my first visit was that I had found several items , including a Tudor buckle . |
| 16 | No , who was that I 'd got ta a statement about then ? |
| 17 | I remember doing a crossword once and I could n't imagine what this word was that I 'd got . |
| 18 | I , I , I was gon na tell you what I thought it was and I 've forgotten have n't I ? |
| 19 | I 'm not riding as well as I was and I 'm not as brave as I was and I have to face facts |
| 20 | because I 'd had medical Yeah it was cos I 'd had all these operations . |
| 21 | I could never tell how good the ground was until I had tried the wheelbarrow on it . |
| 22 | She knew me as Matt and I did n't want to alert you to who I was until I 'd found out what was going on . |
| 23 | So that was If I 'd done it you see , that was spoiling them . |
| 24 | The first thing she asked was if I had done what I promised |
| 25 | Yeah I did n't realize how long ago it was till I 'd eaten that . |
| 26 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 27 | ‘ My sole reason for invading your maiden privacy , ’ he said with sarcasm , ‘ was because I 'd heard from the police . |
| 28 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 29 | ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’ |
| 30 | The parson rode nearer , and after a moment 's hesitation , explained : ‘ It was because I 've discovered something of historical interest . |