Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i have " in BNC.

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1 Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction .
2 Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) .
3 But once he is dead Emeth meets Aslan and falls at his feet in instinctive adoration , as in terror , ‘ for the Lion … will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him ’ .
4 You will probably already know that I have taken over Nick Gibbs as editor of Woodworker magazine .
5 Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group .
6 Feargal wo n't be here , so he need n't know that I have n't left yet . ’
7 My hon. Friend may know that I have made the views of the Government and of Members of Parliament well known to the Kenyan Government for a long time .
8 Perhaps he does not know that I have a suitcase full of letters from constituents who are desperately concerned about the Bill .
9 Madam Chairman , you will know that I have written a number of letters .
10 All the members here will know that I have recently erm sent out a circular letter expressing my concern as to where the system does n't seem to be working properly and asking for your help and cooperation in giving me information on just exactly where it is falling down .
11 ‘ You are reminded that I have the backing of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council .
12 ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’
13 You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers .
14 It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer .
15 He said : ‘ But I 'm so happy to know that I have such warm and loving relatives .
16 Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory
17 HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column .
18 Will he also recognise that I have never believed that there are no Tories in Scotland , for one Tory has spoken for Conservative respectability in Scotland , and he is the hon. Member for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) ?
19 For the first time , it occurs to me that my body has needs for food , needs of its own that I ca n't try to overrule with dieting and ferocious exercise and fasting ; and in a bigger way , I realise that I have needs of all kinds that I had tried to ignore : a need for food , a need to be loved , a need to feel accepted , a need for independence , a need to grow up , and a need for security .
20 I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person .
21 I realise that I have little I need to hide .
22 You say that I have the endurance — you say it in order to give me strength .
23 People say that I have changed as a person .
24 But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’
25 I say that I have been sick with flu .
26 I hereby acknowledge that I have received from the sum of £ in payment for the fixtures , fittings and chattels now in or about the above premises listed in the Schedule below AND I confirm that I am absolutely entitled to the same free of any charge , hire-purchase agreement or other incumbrance affecting the same or any of them .
27 ‘ It 's only a bunch of flowers , ’ he said , pleased with her response , ‘ although I can guarantee that I have bought them , and have n't picked them on the way over .
28 " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind .
29 ‘ You forget , ’ Dorothea said gently , ‘ you forget that I have seen him . ’
30 Thank you Jackie Stewart and Helen , for your tremendous care and kindness , and for all the wonderful Celebrity Challenges that I have always thoroughly enjoyed .
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