Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] [vb pp] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me . |
| 2 | Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point . |
| 3 | I 'd already gone that way twice . |
| 4 | I said I pretend I 'd never heard that question David , because if I answer it I said there 's a lot more |
| 5 | I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door . |
| 6 | I 'd always understood that land should only go into the greenbelt if it was necessary to be kept permanently open , by reason of it performing one of the five purposes . |
| 7 | I just wanted to come back on er David Potter 's assertion that we were looking for a a higher allocation under I five and I I thought I 'd specifically covered that point by saying that that was n't what we were looking for because that would n't address the sort of development we 're talking about here . |
| 8 | The following day , Monday , we would all drive into Adrar , I having already walked that section . |
| 9 | I had n't amended that bit but I 'll amend it and sta and write up proper . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell me , ’ Harry said as they neared the station , ‘ if I had n't found that letter last night and thrown you out , would you have told me all this ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Damn , if only I had n't had that wine and walked home — well , the man 's a fool . |
| 12 | Well , that 's true , of course , but after all , I would be a different person if I had n't had that sort of childhood . |
| 13 | I had n't counted that idea , possibility , you talked about condensing it . |
| 14 | I was glad I had n't shaved that morning . |
| 15 | If I had n't taken that opportunity I 'm sure I would never have done the things I later did in the refinery business . |
| 16 | If I had n't put that frock on the lady — she 's my girlfriend by the way — I 'd have had to give her blue nipples . |
| 17 | I had not heard that theory advanced with such bravura before . |
| 18 | I had never worn that thing before . |
| 19 | I want it to be as though I had never taken that turning . |
| 20 | I had always understood that quantum chemical ab initio calculations for molecules using gaussian orbitals were pioneered by S. F. Boys at Cambridge , but there is no reference to his work in Martin 's article . |
| 21 | I had cavalierly presupposed that theme parks make people happy , that whereas for most of us there 's generally a vague resistance to be overcome when we are confronted by the more cerebral seductions of art and literature — a resistance rooted in their potential obscurities and our cultural insecurities — a ‘ ride ’ in the Disneyworld sense caters to an immediate , instinctive and near-universal appetite for simple , sensual gratification and can therefore dispense with too much analysis . |
| 22 | I had naively imagined that marriage would magically obliterate the origins of the wealth we shared , melting Dennis 's laboriously acquired treasures down into a common heap of anonymous gold . |
| 23 | ‘ And to think that I had specially brought that card all the way from Croisset and did n't even get to put it in place ! |
| 24 | ‘ I believe I 've already answered that question , ’ he said at last . |
| 25 | Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all . |
| 26 | Yeah , I 've already read that book this morning song , I lovely Christmas book , only two twenty five and er . |
| 27 | I 've not done that car out for ages . |
| 28 | Er this is , I mean I 've just got that way . |
| 29 | I do n't think I 've ever had that amount in it |
| 30 | I 'm sorry I 've actually asked that question and while we 're discussing it , unfortunately we can not do so , as soon as I actually get a figure and I 'm quite prepared to release it to you . |