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

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1 I thought Martin Connelly might know , but I 've phoned his office and his home a couple of times and there 's never anyone there .
2 But I 've fallen on to the floor often enough to know how to get up .
3 ‘ There 've been good things and bad things , but I 've survived .
4 Several times he 's tried to speak , but I 've shut him up .
5 I used to but I 've given up since my accident . ’
6 ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case .
7 I sha n't be in today as it 's Monday , but I 've given your name to Bill , the head librarian , and he 's expecting you .
8 But I 've accepted defeat , ’ he said .
9 But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down .
10 " At Dartmeet , but I 've run away .
11 I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo
12 He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad !
13 This is Albert 's entry to the solo ; I seem to recall Emmy playing this in E♭ , but I 've written it in the key of D so that you wo n't have to ‘ capo-up ’ at the first fret .
14 But I 've written it in such an open-ended way
15 I really liked both of these guitars and would urge anyone to try one , but I 've saved the best news until last : just look at the prices …
16 ‘ It 's a funny thing , my son , but I 've noticed that , when you 're about on a Friday , my counting is all wrong .
17 But I 've noticed that whenever I 'm sideways on the Honda , Schwantz is sideways on the Suzuki . ’
18 But I 've noticed that in the last few days you 've been careful not even to come close tome .
19 You think I do n't notice much out there with the sheep , you think I do n't concern myself with what goes on between you and the lass , but I 've noticed , I 've thought about it .
20 But I 've noticed a few faces in the crowd and it wo n't be long .
21 But I 've noticed that a certain amount of loot helps to invest even your most casual remarks with a certain significance .
22 Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes .
23 I wonder well they did , they certainly were living in Pegswood , but I 've noticed when they bring the children to school the car frequently comes along the river way .
24 But I 've noticed they , they 're go they 're , a lot of their things have gone up tremendously in there .
25 I 've got some olive oil but I 've noticed if you look on the olive oil that some of the , some of it is n't mono unsaturates is it , you know , on a lot of it
26 But I 've become scruffier and scruffier , and although I do keep myself immaculately clean , I ca n't be bothered about my clothes any more .
27 But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder .
28 I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks .
29 But I 've heard the stories !
30 But I 've heard him quoted as saying that one of the reasons he did n't come was because they did n't have a venue large enough , because people would want to come from all over Europe .
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