Example sentences of "i have [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If I had to just put put it out and nothing else I would n't mind .
2 I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work .
3 Finding things the reverse , at first I had to consciously think switch down for slow down .
4 ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep .
5 I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank .
6 I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence !
7 I had to practically draft the report myself ! ’
8 I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people !
9 I , I had to really stop meself .
10 Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other .
11 And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go .
12 If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain .
13 I had hardly even drawn before ; my attempts were inept , but I fumbled on until I had at least mastered the proportions of the human body ’ .
14 Feeling pleased that I had at least negotiated the day 's essentials , and the afternoon being well advanced , I thought it would be good to have a more leisurely look round Wenceslas Square and find somewhere to eat .
15 I had by now recovered my scattered senses and after finishing off my enjoyable meal of pie and peas and my second pint , I thanked my kind new-found friends and left the hospitable Railway bar to walk back down to where my trusty old Morris Minor was parked .
16 I have since then stayed in as close touch as seems safe .
17 I have of late had two letters from him , in which he has shown such an easy and familiar way of expressing his thoughts , such a delight for improvement and so much exactness and dilligence in the making of observations that I look upon him to go onward with a curiosity and genious superior to most of his occupation .
18 At this stage I have to briefly pause and praise the majority of our aquatic goods manufacturers who are getting a staggering amount of praise mail at present .
19 And I have to practically get permission from the Palace before I can go to the bloody bog in the morning because Her Maj is petrified I 'll put my foot in it again and encourage the republicans .
20 And this causes me difficulties in that I have to either imagine what it was or come back again to see whatever the er item in question is .
21 Its my own personal opinion that the only true love and er I have to honestly say I 've never heard love here defined as I would as the totally unconditional love that happens between a woman and a child , probably from the moment of birth that bonds them through life , that 's the only love that I could ever admit to .
22 As I weigh together the advantages and disadvantages of either of the present methods of deaf education I have to also take into account the high possibility of failure in the ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ technique and the ‘ unattractiveness ’ of ‘ total communication ’ .
23 I have to I have to fucking sleep around !
24 It is with some reluctance that I have to strongly disagree with one of my fellow presidents , but some of the impressions that her article creates are very misleading and , in some cases , offensive .
25 You know , so I , I mean , I talked about this before , this is a mailing that I want to do in October , which means for example , that I 've got to print the catalogue in July , which means I 've got to proof it in June , which means I have to actually design it in April and May .
26 The cellar I have at least seen , and been in occasionally ; I know all the rooms on the ground floor and the second ; the loft is my domain entirely and home of the Wasp Factory , no less ; but that one room on the first floor I do n't know , I have never even seen inside .
27 Somewhat gloomily we fall back on our beds in the room I have by now christened the Cell Block .
28 Something I have until now neglected to say aloud to myself .
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