Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 2 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd said that , and was , in any case , already regretting the admission . |
| 4 | Yeah and I 'd forgotten that I 'd spoken to her the other night |
| 5 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd agreed to meet her . |
| 6 | I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out . |
| 7 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 8 | Far from looking cool I must have looked like I 'd done a packet in my trousers . |
| 9 | ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming . |
| 10 | and he just said oh I 'm so sorry he said I would n't have come if I had known , but there was a massive wreath in the garden where that girl was knocked over |
| 11 | eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs |
| 12 | The time 's come when I 've got to make a change . |
| 13 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 14 | And yet , when I came to know my associates , a far greater intimacy and sense of comradeship developed than I had known with any but my closest friends at school or university . |
| 15 | If not , it is their loss , for it is the catholicity of the education to which I was exposed that I have come most to value . |
| 16 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 17 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 18 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 19 | It was so carefully written that I 've read it three times and I do n't think it says anything . |
| 20 | ‘ Because it was felt that I had got to know you two a bit yesterday . |
| 21 | I 'd accepted that I 'd joined the club — and there were some really nice people in it . |
| 22 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 23 | Just as a matter of interest , would you have believed me if I 'd said that I 'd bumped into an old acquaintance near the museum ? ’ |
| 24 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 25 | I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives . |
| 26 | ‘ That new fuel blend of yours has just ensured that I 've had the most embarrassing drive of my life ! |
| 27 | Of course it is easy to look back now and say , well , would anyone have noticed if I had left my shoes lying around the changing room instead of buckling them up inside my satchel when I changed into my gym kit for classes with the Butcher ? |
| 28 | In normal circumstances , no one would have noticed if I had carried on from there . |
| 29 | ‘ No decision about the meeting will be made until I have had talks with those responsible for organising the group 's itinerary , but we are not at all happy with the decision to meet Sinn Fein . ’ |
| 30 | It could be argued that on occasions I 've taken on things which probably I have n't done as well out of financially as I might have done if I 'd done something else . |