Example sentences of "i have [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one . |
| 2 | Yeah , but thing is I mean , you know , there 's a lot of kids out there , I mean I 've know with , sort of , Lee 's friend you know , okay , with us I mean with Lee o okay we do n't I 've often said to him , why do n't you get a Saturday job ? |
| 3 | I 'd just wanted to be somewhere where people knew what they were doing . |
| 4 | It was 1.30 that Sunday night , I 'd just gone to bed feeling rather worn out after a busy week and sociable weekend . |
| 5 | And er very straight-faced in fact , and she was sitting at the back of the room , and I , I 'd just said to everybody , I said nobody here 's got a life purchased annuity , have they ? |
| 6 | I 'd just returned to Mistress Philippa 's when the bell began to sound . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 8 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 9 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 10 | Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes . |
| 11 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 12 | I 'd never spoken to one till we had Louise , you know , which is not fair on us normal people … |
| 13 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 14 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 16 | What intrigued me was their mutual indifference to an activity I 'd always imagined to be both intimate and passionate . |
| 17 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 18 | Now I 'd always said to myself , ‘ I 'll never join the Masonic Lodge , ’ and therefore I would n't join the Bobby Burns Club . |
| 19 | I did n't know that they could , but I 'd always sworn to her that I would never involve her in any way and I 've never broken my word . |
| 20 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd kinda hoped to be alone here tonight . |
| 22 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd only gone to that debate because my wife was a steward . ’ |
| 24 | And Elizabeth knew that I knew all about her , and she also knew that she was the only person I 'd ever written to for a photograph . |
| 25 | I 'd originally gone to Czechoslovakia to photograph pollution but I 'm so glad I was pursuaded by my Czechoslovak friends to spend three days out of my precious two weeks walking in the Slovenský Raj . |
| 26 | I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs . |
| 27 | My step lightened , I was full of energetic high spirits , and during the summer term I even became keen on playing tennis , which I would practise with the assiduousness I had formerly devoted to the piano . |
| 28 | I had n't noticed to be honest . |
| 29 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 30 | I began to feel ashamed of my nosiness but I had n't intended to be nosey : I was just curious . |