Example sentences of "so i have " in BNC.

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1 Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight .
2 But the time to ‘ recognise ’ it image by image had gone ; just as the moments of each day fade away , so I 'd forgotten it .
3 Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now .
4 Murder was habit-forming , so I 'd been told .
5 Well , I 've a ward round to get through before I can come over to your unit , George , so I 'd better get moving .
6 So I 'd noticed . ’
7 The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht …
8 We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ?
9 Car dealer Ricky Evans , 30 , of Basingstoke , Hants , said yesterday : ‘ I did n't think I stood a chance so I 'd thrown the slip aside . ’
10 Dawn had at first been reluctant to get off my glove , so I 'd developed the habit of swinging my arm with the wind , hoping to encourage her to fly .
11 So I 'd better deal with the problem immediately ? ’
12 So I 'd heard .
13 For instance , the morning after one night when he 'd stayed until about 5 , so I 'd had very little sleep , I walked around , phased out really , feeling a little bit of an invalid , rather frail and light-headed , but very peaceful , walking carefully so as not to jolt anything , and I felt I was nursing a bit of heaven .
14 So I 'd noticed , ’ said Nerina .
15 ‘ Another new band , so I 'd heard .
16 So I 'd better shoot you , had n't I ? ’
17 But Maureen was saying hastily , ‘ Liz is n't in today , and I 've got what appears to be a customer , so I 'd better go .
18 She sighed happily , then went on , ‘ We seem to have a prospective buyer and Liz is making frantic signals to me , so I 'd better go .
19 The timer on my cooker has just begun to bleep , so I 'd better go and attend to the dinner .
20 And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range .
21 I hardly had anything in the cupboard so I had to make do …
22 The new flat was smaller than the old so I had to sell some of my furniture .
23 My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years .
24 I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home .
25 He said last night : ‘ I 've had a spot of bother for the past four or five years with my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a bone growth about the size of a pea .
26 Their positions were under constant sniper fire during the day so I had to keep as close to the ground as possible .
27 But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work .
28 I was starving so I had pie and mash twice He had double pie and double mash twice .
29 Every time I changed trains there was a posse of London Underground inspectors , so I had to keep doubling back on myself .
30 Hobson 's choice really , so I had both .
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