Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 2 | And now at last I feel that I am emerging from the defilements , I have reached my own self as a swimmer reaches the shore . |
| 3 | Over the past three weeks I have conducted my own scientific poll among the taxi drivers who have taken me to and from Conservative Central Office each day . |
| 4 | I have alarmed my own dentist by asking him detailed questions based on the knowledge gained from Gill . |
| 5 | Armed with a saw and a screwdriver I have fitted my own secondary units and , now , some companies are producing panes that are made of high-resilience plastics , which are much lighter to handle and are much warmer to the touch than glass . |
| 6 | I have lost my small claim to the saint , ’ said Robert Bossu , with a flashing smile and a shrug of his high shoulder , ‘ and should be about taking my leave here . ’ |
| 7 | I have lost my shagging mandibles . |
| 8 | I have whittled my own shortlist down to four models : the Thorens TD166VI / UK with Rega arm ( £269 ) , Systemdeck IIX ( £248 ) , the Rational Audio Aura 01 ( around £195 including a Linn K5 cartridge ) and the Rega Planar 3 ( £250 ) . |
| 9 | I have asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to look into the matter and to contact the hon. Gentleman . |
| 10 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 11 | I have noted my hon. Friend 's remarks . |
| 12 | Is this the Rainbow for whose sake I have risked my whole career ? |
| 13 | I have heard my own favourite , Alchemilla mollis a useful hardy gap-filler , described as just that by a fellow gardener . |
| 14 | For a number of years I have done my best to present the ordination of women in the Anglican Communion to Orthodoxy and to Rome in terms of development rather than revolution . |
| 15 | But now , at last , I am beginning to see that for all the ‘ believed failures ’ of the past , I have done my best . |
| 16 | Relying on memory , the dates in my diary and what my wife recalls of all I said on coming away from the Presence , I have done my best to get things right . |
| 17 | To be able to stand and say ‘ I have done my best , I can do no more ’ allows you to have self-respect , and that is something no one can take away ! |
| 18 | I have done my best to point out the difficulties and pitfalls associated with learning to hover but the truth is that , from here on , you are entirely on your own . |
| 19 | Throughout my life I have done my best to carry out that duty . |
| 20 | I have done my best to give as much time as possible to the debate yesterday and today , including making my answers to business questions as short as possible so that we can get on with the debate . |
| 21 | I have done my best to understand and respond to the desire of people in Cardiff that the scheme should be set out in the Bill so that Parliament can consider it . |
| 22 | I feel I have done my best to communicate at every stage . |
| 23 | I have done my best , but the work takes time and money , and the council wanted everything done straight away . |
| 24 | I have done my best with the Scottish Sports Council 's questionnaires that you sent down , and enclose a copy of my covering letter for your information . |
| 25 | I have done my best . |
| 26 | I have done my last charity ball . |
| 27 | In fact , I have done my last charity performance ever . |
| 28 | I have given my filth-preference vote to one of them , and together with other much-transferred votes it may determine his election . |
| 29 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 30 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |