Example sentences of "as [pers pn] have [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixty-seven , but as I 'd said to Ruth Cohen , lively with it . |
| 2 | Very irritating because er if only I 'd approached David earlier as I 'd intended to . |
| 3 | I intended to pick up my car and come over to see you as soon as I 'd talked to Bertelli , but when I got back here Lorenzini had this message from up near the fort . |
| 4 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 5 | I also had high hopes of the Electricity Board , particularly as I had taken to cutting ‘ Miss ’ off my meter reading cards with scissors and it was one of those cards you are n't allowed to cut or mutilate as it upsets the computer . |
| 6 | As I 've said to you the the old bastinal used to hang on the toilet wall outside was a whole row of them you know these these big galvanized bath things that were brought in on maybe on a Friday night . |
| 7 | But to be quite truthful as I 've said to the boys , when I 'm away all this is lost . |
| 8 | Because as I 've said to you before , I think it 's very important that a new settlement is provided somewhere within Greater York . |
| 9 | and as you say if you go to college , but as I 've said to Penny you know you want to try and find out if there are any courses that are going , if you want to get back |
| 10 | ‘ We leave as soon as I 've spoken to the Queen . ’ |
| 11 | This is as close as I have felt to Cambridgeshire for some considerable time . ’ |
| 12 | The fact of the matter is that it is not , as I have explained to the right hon. Gentleman on many occasions , happening only in this country . |
| 13 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 14 | Re Constabulary , I am afraid that , as I have explained to Inspector Murray , we have no more funds available this financial year , and his request will be considered within the planning cycle next year . |
| 15 | We can go there as soon as I have seen to the army at Pesth . ’ |
| 16 | But this did n't stick , and because his style was as I have said to always sit and wait , and never to make the first move , we began to call him The Older Man ; and then this became just Older , and finally just O. |
| 17 | Now , as I have said to Lady Maude … ’ |
| 18 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |
| 19 | I think , as I have said to you before , I think the Plan Two is one of our smaller policies , and it 's unfair to continue to talk of that one . |
| 20 | ‘ As you 've gone to so much trouble , it would seem discourteous to refuse , ’ Ashley said . |
| 21 | Although I may be a bad man , I 'd never bribe anyone to marry , as you 've tried to . |
| 22 | ‘ Lord Khan , Alexei is betrothed as you have heard to my grand-daughter , and so I consider him a member of my family . |
| 23 | You must promise that you will show it to him as you have done to me . ’ |
| 24 | It also has a very large appetite , as you have found to your cost , and may attack smaller or less aggressive species ( and fishkeepers ' fingers ) . |
| 25 | Lori had declared as she had crossed to her . |
| 26 | If she had really been as indifferent as she had pretended to be , then she would n't have reacted at all . |
| 27 | ‘ Monsieur le baron , ’ she said , as she had said to him once before . |
| 28 | She always wanted him to tell her where he came from because she said , as she had said to Creggan on his first night , that for an eagle to survive the first thing he must know is where he comes from , and he must not forget his memories however distant they may be . |
| 29 | As she had said to Julie when she 'd phoned her yesterday , even when returning to the office from a short holiday , in the fast-moving world of the City of London you could never be entirely sure that your desk would still be there ! |
| 30 | Terence had tried to talk to her as she had gone to her car , then the fat one had cat-called like a teenage oaf . |