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 ! |