Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They start again when the time comes , when alliances have shifted , when everyone has stored enough ammunition to have another go , when race hatreds revive under the guise of class wars begin anew as ethnic strife . |
2 | Everyone has had some disappointment or failure . |
3 | Not everyone has shared that view of course , two big questions have caused some to hesitate over Maastricht . |
4 | Nature before me has come this way , |
5 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
6 | No-one has enjoyed such popularity over such a wide range of colleagues from the very junior to the very senior . |
7 | And he 'd always ask how much I 'd eaten that day . ’ |
8 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
9 | Well , cos it was in town , it was nearer to shops , and erm I 'd heard that keeping Balloon Woods ' flats warm was costing people a hell of a lot of money . |
10 | I 'd heard that noise before , but never from Selina . |
11 | I was pretty sure I 'd seen that coin before , in that very hotel . |
12 | I 'd seen this attitude once before in the village when a cow , grazing on the cliffside , fell down into the valley below . |
13 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
14 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
15 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
16 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
17 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
18 | So if you feel at some stage that er this is n't for me then one of the things that we regularly hear is I wish I 'd done this course ten years ago . |
19 | this morning what I 'd done this morning was just dancing about cos I , I had to go to the toilet I could n't wait |
20 | I 'd recorded some background music for her too and it did n't sound as if she 'd added to her collection . |
21 | I wish now I 'd asked that question . |
22 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
23 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
24 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
25 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
26 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
27 | Before , I 'd felt little resentment |
28 | I 'd envisioned more movement , excitement — fantasy , even . ’ |
29 | I 'd saved some money , grown heartily sick of London , fast food and maybe people , too , and I was getting out . |
30 | I 'd swapped some toy cars for a set of poker dice in a red leather case . |