Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one ever asked me to do so — though everyone has since assumed that , for all eternity , it will be my round of drinks . ) |
| 2 | ‘ That new fuel blend of yours has just ensured that I 've had the most embarrassing drive of my life ! |
| 3 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
| 4 | was standing near the washing machine , , Simon gave him a filthy look , I said look I apologize for I 'd completely forgot that you were coming to collect he said I know I can see that , he had n't really what with the kids all running around and , so quickly got them and er , I thought he got , did you bring your cheque round ? |
| 5 | I 'd already heard that you 're an expert . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 7 | I had n't heard it before , but I 'd already guessed that the tale would sound something like that . |
| 8 | As I 'd already discovered that for myself , I started thinking . |
| 9 | Erm well I did n't actually hear about it , I 'd already known that sch that such schemes existed . |
| 10 | I 'd never realised that pelicans were as graceful flying as swimming . |
| 11 | I 'd always imagined that one day I 'd be able to turn to the guy beside me at the Giants Stadium and say ‘ That 's my kid playing down there ’ . |
| 12 | Barbara it 's , I 'd always assumed that people were probable born with asthma , but that 's not , not the case ? |
| 13 | Oh that 's not as bad as I thought because I 'd always heard that it was like really really expensive to produce er material in braille . |
| 14 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
| 15 | I did n't waste much time trying to see what Filmer did or where he went , because I 'd quickly discovered that the Westin Hotel was sitting over an entrance to a subterranean shopping mall that stretched like a rabbit warren in all directions . |
| 16 | " He does n't like me very much , " I explained , and it was the first time I 'd ever realized that " It was a very sad thing not to be liked by your own father , and obviously it must be just as sad not to like your only daughter . |
| 17 | I had rather hoped that the legendary West Highland dilatoriness would have prevented anything much happening for years , but instead the scheme is going ahead fast . |
| 18 | Erm I had rather thought that that you had been given erm sufficient information already to perhaps make a straightforward simple strategic choice between between districts . |
| 19 | I got a shock : I had little dreamt that English children could be so completely ignorant of the rules of hygiene , and that they would regard the floors and carpets as suitable places upon which to relieve themselves . |
| 20 | I had surely noticed that nearly all the ingredients had come on to the train fresh ? |
| 21 | I had also discovered that I had not put in with the ‘ essential documents ’ a vital letter — the one which contained Kathy and Len 's address , so here I was arriving in Perth , knowing nobody and without an address to go to ! |
| 22 | I had also discovered that there would be little , if any , use for a car on Moila , so both my brother and I had arranged to travel up by train . |
| 23 | I had also discovered that I had never really loved him . ’ |
| 24 | Indeed I had also hoped that we might pick up some extra coach passengers , who , strange as it might seem , would prefer to forgo the train ride altogether and just go to the eisteddfod . |
| 25 | I had also remembered that the Quigleys were still living with us . |
| 26 | I had already decided that tomorrow I would take the train back to what was now your official European City of Culture for the following twelve months . |
| 27 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 28 | ‘ I had already decided that we 'd spent far too long apart . |
| 29 | I had already decided that my degree thesis would be on the life of this underrated painter from Milan . |
| 30 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |