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

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1 ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small .
2 This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’
3 I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind .
4 The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post .
5 Before getting into bed I went into the large bathroom beside her bedroom , where I had n't been before .
6 McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one .
7 I suppose that at school , where I had so little sleep , this assertion was true .
8 Where I 've just dug .
9 Where I 've just dug there .
10 ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . )
11 where I 've never been , and , on the wall ,
12 He says cheerfully : ‘ I ca n't remember any expedition where I have n't thought that at some time .
13 Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how .
14 They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use .
15 Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and
16 You 've got ta probe and establish the reasons why I 'm gon na talk to him and most people it 's , it 's , it 's a lie , they 're not gon na talk to him , they want to use the accountant as a reason to say oh erm I 'm , I ca n't do it this time the accountant said no or I 've not spoken to him yet I 'll have to put it off for a , for a bit longer
17 where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it !
18 Or I 'd better provide you with some paper .
19 Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money .
20 But I actually think that you 've got access problems in both of them and they have to be considered because the do really affect severely or they could severely affect er the success or failure of the programme , and it 's these list of things which you think , now I 've thought about that or I have n't thought about that .
21 , , dream occasionally in n it strange ? , help is one goldfish is male or female , how 's one know whether to call it James or Jessica or I have n't the faintest idea how you sex a fish .
22 Here are the other two songs I ca n't play or I have n't heard .
23 Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment .
24 Yeah , except I have n't got all the things .
25 Neither he nor I had ever performed there before .
26 The tracks are indeed of jarv , a shy , elusive animal that neither Tony nor I have ever seen .
27 I 'm a cocaine addict and I need something , 'cause I 've not had none for so many hours now .
28 I was certainly not ill , although I had yet to recover from the effects of the operation and was far weaker than I had been BC , but I was well .
29 Although I had already spoken to her about past lives , Maxine was not at all sure that she believed in the concept .
30 I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk .
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