Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She suggested in that shoddy little newspaper interview that I 'd broken up her marriage … but let's not talk of it , Gregory , please . |
| 2 | It must have been around two-forty-five by the time I 'd packed up my stuff . |
| 3 | He wanted me to stay but I 'd made up my mind . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd made up my mind to go . ’ |
| 5 | She paused , her head bent , ‘ There 's strange , because I 'd made up my mind to tell him to go anyway . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd made up my mind that he would like some of my work . |
| 7 | I 'd made up my mind there was a chance for us . |
| 8 | I 'd made up my mind that I was going to tell you last night . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Trouble is , that night we started all this I 'd made up my mind to forget her . |
| 10 | I 'd made up my mind to go it alone before I came here . |
| 11 | I 'd sold out my race . |
| 12 | ‘ Why else would I have set up my workshop near Killearn ? ’ |
| 13 | Though I had made up my mind . |
| 14 | In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay . |
| 15 | After a long look I had made up my mind to continue 18 . |
| 16 | But I had made up my mind that I must not get emotional , so I hid all my feelings . |
| 17 | ‘ I had made up my mind to put this proposition to you today , ’ he said , ‘ but I see now that this was not the right moment to approach you , ma petite . |
| 18 | After that , I was put on a weekly wage of five shillings — a veritable fortune — four of which I kept locked in a tin box under Granpa 's bed until I had saved up my first guinea : a man what 's got a guinea got security , Mr Salmon once told me as he stood outside his shop , thumbs in his waistcoat pockets , displaying a shiny gold watch and chain . |
| 19 | We shall see that , said I , and he answered unabashed , with the invisible instruments twanging and humming and jangling all over the room , ‘ You may see it , but you must not speak about this or anything that has passed here , for I have silenced you as surely as if I had cut out your tongue . ’ |
| 20 | I had to give up my All or Nothing scenario , in which my child either remains completely untouched by drugs or ends her short life with a needle in her arm . |
| 21 | And life was even tougher when I had to give up my job to care for Gran — ’ |
| 22 | There was n't a working shower and I had to clean off my make-up with cold-cream and by splashing water from the sink over myself . |
| 23 | ‘ I had to pick up my boots and rabbits , but I found somebody had nicked the bloody things . ’ |
| 24 | I had to take off my belt , my tie and my shoelaces , had my photograph and my fingerprints taken . |
| 25 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 26 | If I was a fish then I needed water and I had given up my right to it . |
| 27 | That was why I had to break off our relationship in the end . |
| 28 | I had to write string quartets and little symphonies and I had to write jazz melodies over chords and , eventually , I had to write down my own music . |
| 29 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 30 | A while ago I had to build up my left hand strength to be able to do justice to J S Bach 's Prelude , Fugue , Allegro for Lute , so I developed the enclosed ideas . |