Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 2 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 3 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 4 | Voting for Maastricht and hoping that the Tories can be beaten at a later date on the Social Chapter was a decision I found difficult to accept and I have done my homework on this issue . |
| 5 | Well , you know , I mean I 'd like to know if I 've answered them right , you know . |
| 6 | well it 's Wednesday now look , just even to know if I 've got something there |
| 7 | It 's still hard to know whether I 've saved them all , but at least I know I 've done my best . |
| 8 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 9 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |
| 10 | It loses impact does n't it because a the power of the voice is hit against there , b it 's very rude to talk while I 've got me back to you as well so people yes lose interest . |
| 11 | I looked in the folder again to see if I 'd missed anything . |
| 12 | sorry can , can we get to the question again , want to see if I 've got it right , correct me if I 'm wrong , over the eighty schemes and the five years that you had put forward budgets for all , you had n't included a contingency fund element ? |
| 13 | and you read the number to me I said to see if I 've got it right . |
| 14 | ‘ Then you are being excessively flattering , to suggest that I have put it ‘ all ’ together . ’ |
| 15 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |
| 16 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 17 | Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her . |
| 18 | Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him . |
| 19 | I had n't noticed this picture much while she was alive , but now she was dead it seemed as if her eyes sparkled with the same vitality that they had appeared to possess when I had seen her lying cold on her straw mattress a few days earlier . |
| 20 | ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd begun to think that I 'd scared you away . |
| 22 | But I like to think that I have kept them up to date . |
| 23 | I went to the kitchen for something to eat but I 'd finished my food the night before and he had n't given me any more . |
| 24 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 25 | Keep flashing me to say that I 've got my headlights on so I , when I , I give them flash back to say no I have n't . |
| 26 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you came round here to ask if I 'd seen anything suspicious last night , not grill me about my sex life . ’ |
| 28 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
| 29 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 30 | He 's more likely to suit as I 've told you before . " |