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

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1 But the next day , afore I 'd gotten fettled up — for indeed , miss , I 'd no heart to sweeping an' fettling , an' washing pots ; so I sat me down i' th' muck — who should come in but Maister Weston !
2 You 're a wonderful s you 're a wonderful speaker but wait til I 've finished .
3 oh hang on a minute , wait til I 've finished please
4 No , there 's no planning or nothing 's diarized .
5 Well fuck when I come back up he near had the fucking front door broke trying to get it open so that they 'd come in the front and I see the kitchen door 's closed and I just walked in and I said well John the dishes or nothing 's done if you wan na go and have a look because he would n't do them .
6 ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’
7 I think I 've been up and down to the Big Smoke more times since Christmas than I have in the past two years — and the jaunt next weekend — at long last Mark & I have managed to use a Boots free train ticket voucher — two of us for £45.55 — Baaargain !
8 Something or someone had annoyed him and instantly she assumed it was because he was landed with her here in his house .
9 Erm one of those er that I 've got two er , points to make , one is to , to , there 's a recording somewhere going on er er it 's erm not anything really to do with er us , but we have agreed or someone 's agreed on our behalf but er the person can do the recordings but it 's er of an educational nature to er help students with their language , but er we shall be completely anonymous so if
10 ‘ Something or someone has frightened you off men .
11 or someone has to take a , a bi a co company has to take a big lot off .
12 Something or someone has influenced them .
13 I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up .
14 I fingered the lump on my head where I 'd struck the drainpipe .
15 I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion .
16 Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him .
17 So I tended to stick with how things had been ; it was more comforting to think I 'd be able to pick up where I 'd left off .
18 That was the filthy coastal town smelling of fish oil where I 'd taken over the driving .
19 I 'd never accept a job where I had to wear a skirt .
20 Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery .
21 I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye .
22 Having reached the centre of the town , I hobbled back to the north of it , where I had seen vehicles waiting for the filling station to open .
23 There , where I had hoped to see a fine , impressive house , was nothing but a blackened heap of stones , with the silence of death about it .
24 Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night .
25 As for myself , I was back where I had begun in Opposition .
26 It branched off opposite a small village , a satellite of Reggane , almost where I had begun walking .
27 Years later , I was doing a scene where I had to murder my husband — it was a very dramatic scene and it was in the pit at the Royal Shakespeare Company , so it was just this tiny little theatre , with everybody sitting very close to you , and you can see everybody , and you can hear everything .
28 At this point I had to fly and catch him up , so I flew to Khabarovsk in far east Siberia where I had to spend a night .
29 Then I was promoted to assistant cashier at the Wandsworth branch where I had to deal with the toll accounts to go to head office as well as the share accounts and the dividends .
30 I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God .
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