Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his son are largely responsible for the countless impressions of Rembrandt 's graphic works , repeatedly reworking the plates so that Rembrandt 's authorship of them has become something of an ethical dilemma . |
| 2 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 3 | I 'd seen plenty of funerals , but this was the first I 'd been involved in and I was fascinated by the splendid flowers and the well-groomed horses of the hearse and I forgot , for a moment , my fear . |
| 4 | ‘ There was no reason to tell you of my proposal until I 'd assured myself of his agreement to it . ’ |
| 5 | It was too close to Christmas to bother about embarking on any sort of adult education before it , so I pacified Toby by saying I 'd got plenty of time and would look into it after the New Year , and we settled down to wallow in being together and getting into the Christmas spirit . |
| 6 | It was the first teaching situation I 'd been in , and I 'd got lots of energy and I was devising ways of getting classroom control and class management and all that kind of thing … |
| 7 | My girlfriend — oh , yes , I 'd had lots of girlfriends , but never one like her — she said she 'd always love me . |
| 8 | I had become something of an expert in the leisure market , and to many of the institutional buyers had some spurious extra authority simply because I could hit a golf ball further and straighter than they could . |
| 9 | Now , suddenly I had to remind myself of the truth . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not a birth-mark and , if I had rid myself of my preconceptions , I would have recognized it for what it is , on superficial examination of the subject . ’ |
| 11 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |
| 12 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 13 | I had to study something of it to put the exhibition together . |
| 14 | I had read none of them , and had only vaguely heard of one , Edna O'Brien . |
| 15 | He had told Fahfakhs that Tepilit had actually killed a lion for the film that Claudia was making with Leavitt , whose name I had reminded him of . |
| 16 | I had allowed plenty of time to return to the Commons to vote , but the train was one and a half hours late . |
| 17 | ‘ And do you really think that if I had taken something of your aunt 's I would be stupid enough to wear it to work ? ’ |
| 18 | The parson rode nearer , and after a moment 's hesitation , explained : ‘ It was because I 've discovered something of historical interest . |
| 19 | I 've become something of a connoisseur now that I 'm more housebound than of old . |
| 20 | Was this ever issued as I 've seen nothing of it anywhere ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 've seen nothing of him , since then . ’ |
| 22 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 23 | I mean , I 've seen lots of people doing this and er they 're not dead yet , so , here goes ! |
| 24 | I 've seen lots of pictures where people are obviously doing something that you just do n't know what 's going on and that , that is a pity because er er the idea of a photograph is to illustrate what 's happening . |
| 25 | Well not at national account level I 've seen lots of people now and I 'm sorry |
| 26 | ‘ I 've done lots of work for pig farmers , ’ Joanna said boldly . |
| 27 | I 've done lots of work for them in the last couple |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I 've met lots of interesting people that I would never have seen before and I 've even had some nice letters . |
| 29 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 30 | And I 've warned you of this . |