Example sentences of "i have [verb] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to date raised my idea with one of Scotland 's leading corporate lawyers ( a CBI SCOTLAND Council Member ) , a senior cleric involved with the Life & Nation' Committee of the Church of Scotland and the chairman of a major company , seeking their views as potential speakers . |
| 2 | Having received no reply from Wrexham to my offer of taking over as manager , I have decided to set my sights a little lower , hence my chat with Stan . |
| 3 | ‘ Due to my teaching and training commitments and because I have become involved in the development of Medau in new areas of the country , I have decided to relinquish my position as Honorary Treasurer as from 1st January , 1980 . |
| 4 | I have decided to broaden my idea of the savannahs with smoke rising from the Masai villages . |
| 5 | I have decided to exercise my discretion under standing order five so that agenda item nine B , notice of motion by Mr on fox-hunting to be taken now . |
| 6 | So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years . |
| 7 | He said yesterday : ‘ What I have to do to clear my reputation is to catch more big fish . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I shall do what I have to do to find my brother . |
| 9 | I pride myself on the efforts I have made to retain my individual values while working for my company . |
| 10 | ‘ Liberals must speak out , ’ he declared and , having listed the films he had made , added : ‘ The motion pictures I have made represent my convictions . |
| 11 | In this book , I have preferred to start my itinerary in the north and travel southwards , the better to link the highlights of the journey in a continuous route , introducing the Highlands more gradually and ending with a glorious climax . |
| 12 | In recent years , I have preferred launching my attack from the bank , rather than from the boat ; and even in high winds , when most of the loch is churned up , clear patches of water may be found along the lee shore . |
| 13 | This is the way I have learned to use my machine and although there are one or two things I still do n't quite understand , I feel that with a bit of determination and the help of your articles I am getting there . |
| 14 | For the sake of clarity , and since its fate is fundamental to what happened later , I have tried to omit my interruptions and the questions which demanded answers , and reduce it to a simple account based on the facts that Alec Reid told me . |
| 15 | I have tried to establish my own territory in the attic , outside the country of my ancestors . |
| 16 | They thought it meant nothing ; but I have tried to keep my promise . |
| 17 | I have tried to end my speech before 7 o'clock , because many other right hon. and hon. Members want to contribute . |
| 18 | I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control . |
| 19 | Since then , despite the odd hiccough , I have continued to give my time and effort to the Trust . |
| 20 | I have longed to embrace my brother , my sister , myself , |
| 21 | ‘ Well ’ , she said , ‘ I have had to manage my husband . |
| 22 | Over the last year , I have had to replace my steam iron and hairdryer that had both developed faults . |
| 23 | In the years that I have had to research my Bombing Years lectures I realise now that we never really got to grips with the German defences until the latter stages of the war . |
| 24 | It will be a bit nerve-racking in front of my home crowd and because as I have had to rest my shoulder I am not very fit . |
| 25 | ‘ I have had to develop my own identity through having something to fight against , trying to stay true to my ideals as an artist and not allowing that to be compromised by the opinions and attitudes of others . |
| 26 | This was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , er a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , plan our life out and try and lie up to his standards , he says I have come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost . |
| 27 | Now after seven years separation I have come to see my family . |
| 28 | ‘ However that be , ’ he said portentously , ‘ I have come to discharge my solemn duty to view the body of the deceased at the earliest possible opportunity . ’ |
| 29 | Through the approaches I have described I have aimed to give my pupils access to a broad and balanced mathematical curriculum . |
| 30 | For many years I have wished to ask my aunt to visit our beautiful town , ’ she wrote , ‘ but have been deterred from doing so by the knowledge that she would have to pass this stark , staring figure . |