Example sentences of "that i have [adv] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suspect Mr. Preston , that I 've just spent the most sensible dollar of my life . ’ |
| 2 | Not that I 've ever done a job like this before , should be great fun . |
| 3 | Not that I 've ever had the slightest sympathy from you . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't say , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ that I 've ever bedded a ship , but I 'll take your word for it . |
| 5 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 6 | The result of this strategy is that I 've never missed a plane in twenty-eight years of international travel — except once . |
| 7 | It 's just that I 've never given the matter much thought . |
| 8 | It 's just that I 've never met a policeman before . ’ |
| 9 | Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day . |
| 10 | ‘ I must admit , though , that I 've never had a lady go to sleep on me before . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 12 | I remember waking up in the middle of the night with a big smile on my face , feeling really pleased with myself , thinking that I 'd just had a wet dream . |
| 13 | You know how I do , I could n't remember that I 'd actually started the the Easter term doing the erm choices etcetera , I always thought it was the later half of that term , the latter half of that term . |
| 14 | You know I 'm , in some ways you know I 'm so glad I 've never had like well before you know it used to bother me that I 'd never had a long-term relationship and that |
| 15 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 16 | This was despite the fact that I had already visited the Algerian Embassy to no effect after writing thirteen times . |
| 17 | Visualising the map again , I reckoned that I had probably hit the shore a little to the west of where I landed . |
| 18 | ‘ I try to keep the grey cells working , ’ I shouted back , more to reassure him that I had n't done a runner out of the kitchen window . |
| 19 | I had told Ron , who was with me in Rome , that I had n't seen the point in attending the practice , but he had persuaded me that I ought to attend . |
| 20 | Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’ |
| 21 | Alright , you had your moan at me last time Melvin the pure fact that I had n't put the money in |
| 22 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 23 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 24 | The moment was complete when I realised that the action had also cured my arthritis and that I had n't needed the strategically-placed piece of double-sided sticky tape . |
| 25 | It seems remarkable now , when Glen Shiel is so busy , that I had not seen a car nor a human being since leaving Tomdoun eighteen miles earlier … |
| 26 | to you on the phone that I had not seen the job and that I said yes alright knowing I had n't seen the job , also that you knew that I had n't seen it and if I did n't agree with it , then I was gon na change it , and I 've changed it ! |
| 27 | I shook my head at him , to show that I had not wanted the soldiers to find him . |
| 28 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
| 29 | I have to confess that I had not anticipated the direction that your inquiries were going to take and I feel that my immediate responses were fragmented and unhelpful . |
| 30 | I also had to wear new pink sandals that I had only received the morning of the wedding . |