Example sentences of "i 've [adv] [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right er well I think I 've probably finished apologizing for what I did |
| 2 | ‘ Although it 's not so much I who has to please them as my ideas , since a lack of support would hamper or even prevent their implementation — but those I 've already mooted have met with even less resistance than I anticipated . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've already phoned to warn them that you are n't at home . |
| 4 | But it 's one that I 've already decided to put right . |
| 5 | So I 've already begun to fulfil some |
| 6 | But safety is something I 've already had taught to me . |
| 7 | Well I do n't think it 's in there darling cos I 've already looked have n't I ? |
| 8 | ‘ If they 're going to keep fifteen per cent , then I 'm going to stop showering money on those bitches — in fact , I 've already started to cut back . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact , I 've already tried to raise a bank loan in order to do that very thing — but I had no luck . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've already tried playing the piano , miss , ’ said Caroline , ‘ but I could n't get it under my chin ! ’ |
| 11 | I 've already got to give you ninety pea back . |
| 12 | So erm and I , I ca n't just take a flexi-day because I 'm already , I 've already got leave to use . |
| 13 | Soon because we just We 've nearly finish I 've nearly finished doing peop Well Bill 's still got to do Diane , I 've got to do Cath and then we 're ready to start . |
| 14 | erm I 'm not going to keep you very long because I 've nearly finished talking so erm when I 've finished perhaps you would like to bring some of your things up and put them on the table and we can all have a look at them . |
| 15 | I 've simply got to go to her . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , ’ Little Billy said , ‘ Gruncher or no Gruncher , I 've simply got to get home somehow . |
| 17 | Most of them used local girls , but I decided to go to the famous state-run Eros Centre in Hamburg , which I 've since heard has been closed down due to the AIDS scare . |
| 18 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish I could , Myra , but I 've finally stopped believing in fairy-tales . ’ |
| 20 | I 've finally learnt to resist the smaller , more delicate-leaved types , like the various adiantums ( maidenhair ferns ) . |
| 21 | I think I 've finally managed to come to terms with that débâcle . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I know that does n't and ca n't excuse the way I came here and attempted to pass myself off as Cara , but I 've otherwise tried to keep to the truth , as far as possible . ’ |
| 23 | I 've just missed hearing my name taken in vain . |
| 24 | Well I 've just seen did you cotton on to that , it 's not just me ? |
| 25 | I 've just kept hoping . |
| 26 | ‘ So many times I 've just wanted to pick him up and take him home . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've just called to say we 're off , ’ said Masklin , twiddling his hat in his hands . |
| 28 | I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it . |
| 29 | I 've just come to see what there is , part of the interest is to see the great bad taste of Robert Maxwell , no matter how much you spend of your own money or other people 's it ca n't buy you taste |
| 30 | And then , er , I said I 've just come to see if you want any cigs . |