Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 3 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 4 | They are heading for a gathering at a place I can not see on my map , but they seem content with the direction I have chosen . |
| 5 | I know that I went there when the change I have spoken of must have been already complete . |
| 6 | You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to . |
| 7 | Now , on the board I have listed some possible targets . |
| 8 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 9 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , all the money I have with me ! ’ |
| 11 | This not being the case I have benefited much from the peace and quiet and from the fresh air . |
| 12 | ‘ However , we can at least repair the damage I have done . ’ |
| 13 | At the hedge marking the foot of the field I have to look for a minute to find a way through . |
| 14 | But remembering the faith I have met , and shared , with men of all races , in the unfolding pattern of God 's will , I take courage afresh . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ In talking to people about the election I have become aware of two areas which concern me deeply and , I believe , compromise the democratic process . |
| 16 | ‘ And I want you to know that the decision I have made has been mine and mine alone . |
| 17 | And when they were come , and settled into conference with him : ‘ I desire your views upon the decision I have taken in this matter of the Welsh war . |
| 18 | He says ; The decision I have had to make is to ensure the best for the company and its employees . |
| 19 | That is the decision you have to face up to , that 's the decision I have to face up to . |
| 20 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) would seem to suggest all the experience I have gained and the help and support I have given to young children has no value . |
| 21 | The experience I have recorded left us with the convictions with which we started in general confirmed . |
| 22 | Obviously this utilises the experience I have gained to date and also allows me to develop further within my chosen field . |
| 23 | I want you to be happy , even if your happiness is not derived from me , and the heritage I have offered you . ’ |
| 24 | The teachers on such a programme would have to confront the difficulty I have just raised , as well as questions about the mimetic values of fiction in the face of structuralist and poststructuralist assertions that word and world have no necessary relation . |
| 25 | No , the difficulty I have with Dennett 's excellent paper , and the reason I have brought it into discussion here , has to do with the fact that he never actually says which parts of the diagram are in consciousness and his view is consistent with consciousness being ( a ) the ‘ control box ’ , ( b ) sometimes one box and sometimes another ( very like the ‘ heterarchical aspect ’ of Minsky 's views , which I earlier called a ‘ pinball machine ’ theory of consciousness ) , or ( c ) some elements of what passed down the communication channels , that is to say , the lines between the boxes . |
| 26 | ‘ The difficulty I have is proving it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But you 're here now , so you may have a few more minutes with him , until the drug I have just administered takes effect . |
| 28 | I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way . |
| 29 | I can not recall seeing any other walkers when I climbed the Ben by the route I have described some thirty-odd years ago although the day was fine and the month May . |
| 30 | In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time . |