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 . |