Example sentences of "[noun sg] i have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Before they gave me a bike I had to earn it , I had to work in the garden .
2 ‘ It does n't say anywhere in my contract I have to make them feel good , too . ’
3 Three hundred people say hang round the bar and say , conservation board I 've had lots of letters , well so have I , we 'll get get through them they might cause trouble .
4 I wanted to find out why you were so keen on the espionage angle-just in case I 'd missed something . ’
5 Any meaningful stretch of language , of any extent , like the or in case I 've thrown it away or the s in a plural like chairs .
6 My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it .
7 I do n't want to stay anywhere too far away from my flat , in case I 've forgotten something and need to go back for it . ’
8 Leaving such miscommunications aside , though , it is still true to say that we search for confirmation , and I have found myself reluctant to make the telephone call or write the letter of sympathy in case I have heard it wrongly or been given the wrong information .
9 For instance I have given one which is in the last ten years we have nearly one and half million more people in work than we had ten years ago .
10 For my sanity I had to put my foot down , even though my husband , a very conventional Greek , could n't understand why .
11 That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown .
12 Well not at national account level I 've seen lots of people now and I 'm sorry
13 Like a flash I had laid him all out on the ground ,
14 I want you to be happy , even if your happiness is not derived from me , and the heritage I have offered you . ’
15 I goes mum I 've heard it all before !
16 ‘ Since I stopped drinking whisky I 've realized something .
17 Oh thank you I wondered where it went and I thought oh shit I 've lost it .
18 I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking .
19 Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ?
20 And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone .
21 Of course I 've seen it , I 'm on his mailing list .
22 I must have stood next to them in the Tube , passed them in the street , of course I 've overheard them and I knew they existed .
23 ‘ Of course I 've done something about it .
24 ‘ Of course I 've taken my tablets .
25 Of course I 've got my leave
26 So of course I had to take my lead from him , I was only youngster then .
27 Which I really I went to Amos and I did n't like it but of course I had to stick it .
28 But of course I had to remove him from the field . ’
29 If we heard the Colonel 's car draw up , of course I had to drop my bricks and run .
30 For example , when we were recording this album at Eel Pie Studios , Pete Townshend 's amp was sitting in a corner , so of course I had to try it !
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