Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nature before me has come this way ,
2 I shall go for it mesen tomorrow , you see I 've got five pound in house which
3 And he 'd always ask how much I 'd eaten that day . ’
4 I was disappointed ; I 'd eaten better food on board .
5 When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time .
6 He made me play cards , I 'd played ordinary auction bridge at that time .
7 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 .
8 I 'd heard that noise before , but never from Selina .
9 I was pretty sure I 'd seen that coin before , in that very hotel .
10 I 'd seen this attitude once before in the village when a cow , grazing on the cliffside , fell down into the valley below .
11 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
12 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 ’ .
13 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 .
14 Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again .
15 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 .
16 I was wearing mostly stuff that I 'd pinched from films I 'd done mod gear from Quadropehnia and Take 6-cum-Paul Smith from Breaking Glass .
17 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 .
18 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
19 I 'd recorded some background music for her too and it did n't sound as if she 'd added to her collection .
20 I wish now I 'd asked that question .
21 Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me .
22 ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’
23 I knew what I 'd witnessed last time I 'd seen one of those in the possession of a malai officer .
24 Before , I 'd felt little resentment
25 I 'd envisioned more movement , excitement — fantasy , even . ’
26 I 'd saved some money , grown heartily sick of London , fast food and maybe people , too , and I was getting out .
27 I 'd swapped some toy cars for a set of poker dice in a red leather case .
28 He was the first person I 'd met that day who did n't know what a dolmen was .
29 This statement , from two ladies as eccentric and charmingly Irish as anyone I 'd met that day , just about summed up my own feelings .
30 I decided I 'd caused enough mayhem for one day .
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