Example sentences of "[noun sg] i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 2 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |
| 3 | It was the story of a lifetime , the story I had been born for . |
| 4 | But the range and breadth of coverage I have been talking about can not be done within the existing confines of Radio 4 . |
| 5 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 6 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 7 | They may want security , er one case I 've been del dealing with they wanted the share certificates depositing by way of some security for instance . |
| 8 | you see , so yeah and er we used to have as I say er , well for instance I 've been up in the office . |
| 9 | That 's the excuse I 've been giving , and |
| 10 | The only excuse I have is that I was very young , a marvellous justification for most reprobate behaviour , and that I was wearing an uncomfortable vest . |
| 11 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The difficulty I have is proving it . ’ |
| 13 | The other difficulty I have is with some of these criteria and their use at a strategic level . |
| 14 | The other difficulty I have is in the er the lower case text which ex attempts to explain what is meant by this particular criterion , the sorts of considerations that will be taken into account . |
| 15 | On an individual level I have been supported and validated by many lesbians of Afro-Caribbean and Indian sub-continent descent . |
| 16 | Well , I 'll have to find a place to lay my cropped and weary head for the night , wo n't I. This is the bit I 've been trying not to think about . |
| 17 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 18 | I wondered what she was doing , whether she was the eyeful I 'd been told , and whether she 'd appreciate a neighbourly call at two a.m . |
| 19 | about an hour I 've been out there . |
| 20 | For almost half an hour I 've been trying to get them out , but it 's impossible . ’ |
| 21 | During the farmer 's eulogy I had been distractedly scratching the cow 's tail and had soiled my hand in the process . |
| 22 | Of course I 've been listening , ’ Algy said to Len . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course I 've been watching you . |
| 24 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 25 | I 've been round once , of course I 've been round once you pratt |
| 26 | ‘ Of course I have been through my brother 's documents , household accounts , memoranda and letters . |
| 27 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 28 | Up our way , they all give you feedback , like you know , several branches in like , the North , every branch I 've been into , there 's always been positive feedback , and negative and positive . |
| 29 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
| 30 | Conserving what little money I had was therefore my number-one priority . |