Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 But I 'm beginning to enjoy it now and I positively like my regular spot on Going Live because I have to interview people which I love doing . ’
2 every week I have fight people off my microphone .
3 Can you tell me how to reduce it as I have lost fish for no apparent reason and I suspect it may be connected to the high nitrate level ?
4 My chain breaks after I have travelled 3.8km .
5 I felt there was public benefit from offering this type of information by radio and I have asked Media Action to let us have the enquirers ' addresses so that we can get a geographical appreciation of where the calls came from ( one or two came from Fife )
6 I have to give £50 to my girlfriend who I live with .
7 Time and again I have met folk who have been warmed by the Spirit to perceive the beauty of Christ in the life of a group of believers or in the story of the New Testament , and have come to faith that way .
8 In the course of a journalistic investigation I have met people who have spent £12000 on treatment by clinical ecologists and have remortgaged their homes — usually at the therapist 's suggestion — to raise the money .
9 I mean I have met people who really objected strongly to transcribing swearing .
10 I have met people from Africa , Europe and all over the world .
11 My greatest fear - my greatest fear is that I shall find I have to kill him. ,
12 I have heard people describe the moment , when setting sail in a ship , when one finally loses sight of the land .
13 I have heard people describe their involvement in AIDS support groups in the same terms as people used to describe their involvement in the Gay Liberation Movement .
14 " I have heard people speak of her , Mother .
15 ‘ And I have heard people keeping your name alive all the years you 've been away .
16 I have given 100pc but my play has been affected because I have not been mentally happy . ’
17 I have given people lifts , and will continue to do so ’ .
18 I have seen people close to tears as they own up to being over 50 .
19 P.C. Well , Sir , I have always endeavoured to keep my beat clean , and I have seen people committing perhaps but technical offences , but I have not thought them sufficiently serious to caution them .
20 I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do .
21 I have seen people badly hurt in the sport , broken arms and fingers , gouged eyes , but when that happens it 's because people are n't doing it right .
22 At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation .
23 Look , I have seen people surprised in my time .
24 I have seen people very surprised .
25 Some people may sprint when they run , but I have seen people running for the bus who could not be described as sprinting .
26 I have seen carp rooting in several places but more in one area than any other .
27 I have seen carp humping the surface over the top of this ledge and even leaping clear of the water on occasions , and at one point along the bottom of the shelf a dense mudcloud was invariably evident .
28 I have seen poultry and rabbits and large baskets of butter and eggs sharing seats down to Barnard Castle .
29 I have to motivate people by telling them ‘ More children — more problem .
30 Recently I have experienced series and potentially fatal fevers .
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