Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] i 've [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've wanted to do much better than I 've done . |
| 2 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd hate to lose you , so soon after I 've found you . ’ |
| 4 | It 's been so ever since I 've known her — she was the eldest , and felt herself a mother to the pair of them . |
| 5 | Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons . |
| 6 | All this time , all these years , I 've been lugging this weight around with me , for so long now that I 've forgotten what it 's like to be free of it . |
| 7 | so now if I 've got to knock the surveyor 's heads together that 's |
| 8 | I find I can do it much easier if I 've got one eye on the television . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's only recently that I 've felt able to write about him , but the controversy about Down 's Syndrome babies has brought it all to the surface . |
| 10 | Just so that I 've got some idea of er |
| 11 | what 's happening is that the membership handbook should have been out last week but I think it 's actually going out physically today and I 've done a reminder which 'll be mailed out with it erm making one or two little pointed remarks about blah blah blah this is a very important event and please note it is not in Edinburgh you know erm S S K are very supportive of us we should you know take advantage of this very important |
| 12 | I was and it 's never gone away even though I 've put my weight back on . |
| 13 | ‘ But it gets to the point where I ca n't wait any longer and I 've got to try out whatever mod I have in mind . |
| 14 | Displaying his sense of humour , McKenzie quipped : ‘ I think I 've had my arms around Phil more often than I 've had them around my fiancee ’ . |
| 15 | So I 'm have it straight across and I 've had a border put across there just to make |
| 16 | And all I what my my parting statement to most people , although I 'll say it right now because I 've started it , erm is that if you 're prepared to listen to the advice given by the people who 've been doing er selling advertising in these environments |
| 17 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 18 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 19 | Really so that I 've got more lines up there , not like , when they 're I 've got plenty of lines you see . |
| 20 | It is a sound which can be imitated fairly easily and I 've brought irate stags near by issuing an apparent challenge . |
| 21 | That 's about as far as I 've got . ’ |
| 22 | But a speck of dirt never hurt anybody , as far as I 've learnt . |
| 23 | Mr did n't wan na work tomorrow really though cos I 've got ta be I 've got ta meet that new dentist tomorrow but obviously I owe him . |
| 24 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 25 | During painting , I often look at the picture through a mirror as it progresses , and sometimes even just after I 've drawn it , just to see if anything does n't quite look OK . |
| 26 | I 'll wash it tomorrow anyway cos I 've got ho curl it tomorrow . |
| 27 | it do n't feel like Friday today probably cos I 've had a day off |
| 28 | I still ca n't believe it — even now when I 've got the letter to prove it ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been getting on very well here and I 've had glowing reports from Mrs Martin about your work , but if you feel it your duty to go home I understand . |
| 30 | Yeah I said well I earn half of it as well then and I 've worked for half of it , but I ai n't paying the bills either |