Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] i have [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd blacked my eyebrows till they were like tarmac , I 'd put raspberry-coloured gloss thick on my lips and I 'd done my eyelids in a limey shade of green . |
2 | right , that 's it , you 've , you 've told me this three times and I 've told you several times as well , the , the Russians put everything they 've got into military technology , just because , just because their kids are still running around |
3 | I 've worked all these years and I 've got nothing . |
4 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
5 | Hedgehogs have neither the speed nor the manoeuvrability to catch rabbits but I have known them to kill the young in a stop , gaining entrance during the times when the doe has left the stop unsealed just before the young rabbits are moved out . |
6 | In the end , they did get some players and I have said I am pretty satisfied that the England players who went did n't go for money . |
7 | but as I wrote this and you know put in the acc th the conflict , it came up to two thousand five hundred words and I taped it and timed it and I 've been butchering it and cutting out all the really nice little sentences and the nice sentences and I 've got it down to two one sixty and now with that announcement on the end , as I 've got it taped , it 's fourteen minutes fifty-nine seconds for a fifteen minute slot , so it 's about as precise as you 're gon na get it . |
8 | I have made all the amendments that I wished to make to the procedures and I have done it in pencil with a copy to circulate . |
9 | ‘ My friends and I have decided you ca n't stay here any longer . |
10 | He does n't need organ lessons and I 've advised him as such and he 's accepted that . |
11 | ‘ British Rail staff have always been very helpful to me but this ca n't justify the cuts and I have told them so in writing , ’ he added . |
12 | Maybe I have n't kept it up to her standards but I 've done my best . " |
13 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
14 | He and I had talked long into the tropical nights and I had enjoyed his company , and I would have liked to have spent more time with Senator Crowninshield , but three months ? |
15 | My colleagues and I have discussed it , and we propose to recommend that its terms be accepted . |