Example sentences of "and [conj] i have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 32 | I came across him when I was about 14 or 15 , and although I 'd played Chet Atkins-style fingerpicking before , it had n't occurred to me to use the bottleneck in conjunction with fingerpicking . |
| 33 | The problems of Russia suddenly became topical two years ago at school , and although I 'd grown up with a faint mistrust of ‘ Commies ’ , in 1988 I started writing to Murat , a young Russian . |
| 34 | By this I mean that the bait is only fished on the outward journey , the retrieve being of such a speed to bounce the bait across the surface and although I 've seen pike strike at these surface poppers , it 's a very rare occasion . |
| 35 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 36 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 37 | I had no intention to going into the art business and although I had done ‘ extra art ’ at school , I sully intended going on the stage . |
| 38 | And although I had disappointed her by going into ‘ trade ’ , I was still the son of the house . |
| 39 | And although I have to admit that this tale of a French prince who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt and grows up to be a prince among frogs and a secret agent to boot , did n't grab me , it will surely keep the little ones enthralled . |
| 40 | The Ariston CD3 is , in the end , just another player , and although I have tried to highlight its special attributes , there will be listeners and systems for and with which the Ariston is less at home than it was here on test . |
| 41 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 42 | It 's not the appointments that matter , it 's the activity around the appointment , the fact that I 'm gon na get up on Monday morning , I 'm gon na go training , and once I 've done that , I 've got to nip down to the library , O K , and look up that electoral role , I 've got an appointment , and then I 'm gon na go back to the office , I 'm gon na to do my mail shots and then I 'm gon na to go home , mow the lawn , have a bit of tea , and then I 'm gon na to my approaching , and then I 'm gon na go , yes , on that appointment there . |
| 43 | and once I 've got |
| 44 | for the first day of next term , and once I 've got that money and they 're registered |
| 45 | I have an inexpressible longing to write another opera … and once I have composed for Naples I shall be in demand everywhere … |
| 46 | But all the taxi money adds up and if I had to take taxis both ways I could n't afford it . ’ |
| 47 | Always articulate and knowledgeable about the pitfalls of this game , McWilliams has a lot going for him and if I had to decide who would be the best man to represent the province at this level , I would be hard pushed to go past him . |
| 48 | It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would . |
| 49 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
| 50 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 51 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
| 52 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |
| 53 | ‘ And if I had to put money on it at the moment then I would back Arsenal to win the title . ’ |
| 54 | In fact , he is not a great motivator through the actual force of his personality , and if I had to name a weakness that would be it . |
| 55 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
| 56 | If I should cry , trying to express the inexpressible , that I had walked the wind with archangels , she would have been worried and annoyed ; and if I had gone on to say that I had forfeited those heights and lived now in an unremitting shadowless glare of exposure in a runnel of Hell , she would have feared for my mental health . |
| 57 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 58 | ‘ I adored Bristol and if I had to live anywhere in the world , I would come back and live here . |
| 59 | It would nt hurt to say ‘ Yes I m sory to leave Leeds and the supporters behind … but the club needed the money and if I had to join another club it would be Blackburn ( and onto the usual bullshit ) ’ Fuck me even Cantona said something nice about us . |
| 60 | Now they were making it clear that they expected more from her : " If I had done reasonably well , they would say that I should have done better , and if I had done badly , they would ask , " What 's wrong with you ? " " |