Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
2 | I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person . |
3 | People say that I have changed as a person . |
4 | I hereby acknowledge that I have received from the sum of £ in payment for the fixtures , fittings and chattels now in or about the above premises listed in the Schedule below AND I confirm that I am absolutely entitled to the same free of any charge , hire-purchase agreement or other incumbrance affecting the same or any of them . |
5 | ‘ You forget , ’ Dorothea said gently , ‘ you forget that I have seen him . ’ |
6 | I simply ask you to listen , and not to judge what I say until I have finished . ’ |
7 | I regret that I have to conclude that the omens for retaining national control of vital areas do not look good . |
8 | The purpose of the Bill is not to over-regulate but to allow as much discretion to local authorities as possible , bearing in mind that we also need certainty within the law , and I hope that I have struck a balance . |
9 | I hope that I have answered the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
10 | The title of this article may suggest that I am claiming that all girls are marginalised in mathematics , but I hope that I have indicated that the situation we actually see is far more complicated than this . |
11 | I hope that I have done justice to at least some part of all hon. Members ' contributions . |
12 | I could not possibly do justice in this speech to all that has been written on the subject , but I hope that I have profited from the many articles which I have read since the hearing . |
13 | I hope that I have made the merits of the New Criticism sufficiently clear in the preceding pages . |
14 | I hope that I have redressed the balance regarding the usual effect of freeze branding and by the way I do n't have a financial interest in either system so my view is unbiased . |
15 | By concentrating on some of the crises and conflicts of modernity through my interpretive and impressionistic historical journey , I hope that I have begun to bring to your attention some of the fundamental problems of the modern world . |
16 | I hope that I have encouraged you to get the pattern sheets , electronic pen and , if needed , cover-up strips set out on the table ready to draw a pattern . |
17 | With those introductory remarks , I hope that I have drawn attention to the firsts that we celebrate in this debate , but although those matters are important , matters of far greater importance form the substance of our debate . |
18 | I hope that I have quoted the right hon. Gentleman correctly . |
19 | I sincerely hope that I have managed to strike a balance in the Bill between those two needs . |
20 | I ask for , and receive as I have asked . |
21 | I would n't wan na do it tomorrow , well only later afternoon but I mean if I have to put ear plugs in at night to get some sleep because of them , surely the authorities have got ta say something about that |
22 | As you say three thousand pound a year that could be paid off a place of our own is is just I mean if I have to rent it well I 'll have to rent one . |
23 | –And if I have to defend myself ? ’ |
24 | I have told you time and I have told you time again , but you will not learn . |
25 | And I think we need to heighten , sharpen our awareness of erm what I understand by communion and er er , also to er , to remember that the injunction of Paul as he was you know that I have received of the Lord at which I deliver unto you . |
26 | I know that I have gained tremendously . |
27 | But I know that I have done evil , and I hate myself more than you hate me . |
28 | In my mind I wo n't rest till I know that I have done something , no matter how small to bring this ban closer to a stop . |
29 | I know that I have to believe in myself to overcome it but I ca n't when I 'm destroying myself . |
30 | You know that I have to work the land down there . |