Example sentences of "[subord] i 've " in BNC.

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31 That is er clean , except I 've wiped my hands on it .
32 They say no , 'cause I 've got a police house .
33 Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him .
34 P. Oh , my worst day — get up , eat food , watch TV , sit in 'cause I 've got no money because I spent it all on Sunday , then off to work till 2am to earn more skating money .
35 You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good .
36 I 'm a cocaine addict and I need something , 'cause I 've not had none for so many hours now .
37 The leather also still looks good , although I 've notices it wearing away at the top of the ankle seam .
38 I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes .
39 Although I 've said I 'm happy with how I look , it does n't mean there 's nothing about myself I would n't like to change .
40 Although I 've presented this training programme with specific work-outs on specific days , it is the work-out sequence that is important , not the days of the week .
41 ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years .
42 Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years .
43 ‘ It 's a ‘ 59 Stratocaster , although I 've got a different neck on it now , because I 'd worn the original one to the point where every time I re-fretted it , I had to fill in the holes !
44 As for the left-handed tremolo , well , it 's a matter of taste , although I 've a feeling that this feature might prevent the SRV overcoming its strong artist connection and becoming a popular guitar in its own right , like the Clapton Strat has .
45 He says : ‘ Although I 've played next to no club rugby , I 've got lots of big match experience through playing in all the age-group teams England now run . ’
46 Although I 've trained and worked in this area since 1982 I am having to learn a whole new dimension that is multi-cultural .
47 When climbing on rough rock I reverse the jacket to protect the Pertex layer from tearing ; although I 've been surprised just how robust the garment is , given a total weight of just 600g .
48 Although I 've been writing about the latest machines this month , I shall be including the older models in later articles .
49 Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again .
50 There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down .
51 But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’
52 Although I 've always been saying that the lower ranked players should get more money , and we should re-distribute the money .
53 Then you go back and you think : ‘ Well , although I 've done my best , maybe I have to find that little bit extra as a black person . ’
54 I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course .
55 Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine .
56 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 .
57 I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays !
58 ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’
59 Certainly , you are not yet a man , although I 've no doubt that one day soon , you will make a fine young man . ’
60 ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious .
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