Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I realised writing How Far Can You Go ? how little of the conceptual faith I had grown up with I still retained … ’ |
2 | It was a trick I 'd learned never to do without a crash helmet . |
3 | Bobby McAlpine , chairman of Alfred McAlpine , says grimly : ‘ This is infinitely the worst construction recession I have come across in 42 years in the industry . ’ |
4 | Of course McDunn points out that I could still be the murderer ; this could all be a story I 've made up . |
5 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
6 | The story I have sketched here should be sufficient to indicate that the Copernican Revolution did not take place at the drop of a hat or two from the Leaning Tower of Pisa . |
7 | Story I have mentioned more than once already . |
8 | And as far as I know that 's the only coverage I 've seen personally of it . |
9 | The only coverage I 've seen so far is erm is the news and ten of all things . |
10 | Bounce over to the typewriter and have a look at this contract I 've drawn up . |
11 | Oh yes , she was an exception ; but physically she was not exactly … … in any case I had determined never to do Salome with a girl who dances . |
12 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
13 | I 'd rather you stayed here in case I have to go out . ’ |
14 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
15 | This not being the case I have benefited much from the peace and quiet and from the fresh air . |
16 | We 're able to put up most of them , while the remainder I 've sent round to The Beach Hotel . ’ |
17 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
18 | Oh mum I 've decided not to sleep at Helena 's because her nice brother 's gon na be there ! |
19 | The modern evidence , of the kind I have presented here , suggests that such encounters need never have taken place . |
20 | When racism is addressed as a set of ideologies , for example , none of the antiracist analyses cited above displays an awareness of contradictions , inconsistencies and ambivalences of the kind I have sketched earlier . |
21 | One beautiful face in a shop brought into my mind an undraped statue I had seen somewhere and we blushed together . |
22 | The support I 've got now is not really professional . |
23 | After a long look I had made up my mind to continue 18 . |
24 | The part of the course I 've enjoyed so far is n't the Face the Media stuff |
25 | Of course I 've looked before , but not really closely , literally stone by stone , from top to bottom of each wall . |
26 | But he was very understanding and , the doctor just seemed to think that that was a natural course I had to go through ! |
27 | Four other girls , that 's right and of course there were housemaids there to do the work and er yes housemaids and er and er you know and in the , in the kitchen , you see , there was the chef and er a cook , the kitchen maid and er a young man , a boy , well just left school to scrub the tables down and do the floors and that sort of thing and er and whi and er while I , of course I had to go down every day to type , to see what the chef said , what was on the menu and type it , type out the menus , you see , that was one of my jobs and er and if let me think , yes there was quite a number of staff , that 's just in the kitchen |
28 | So far from convincing Karen she was wrong , by the Sunday afternoon I had come round to her point of view . |
29 | He recounted all this without any anger or bitterness , but as he got up from his chair to go to the kitchen I had to turn away rather than watch him move around his flat as though he were still hampered by chains . |
30 | In the three years or so that I have been working at Joan Allen Electronics I have become acutely aware of battery problems , in particular from the many cases where detectors have been sent back for repair needlessly . |