Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have to economise where best I can , you must realise that , mother . |
| 2 | But time and expense means I have to economise and therefore I choose to bait every other day except for the last three days when I will bait on each of them . |
| 3 | ‘ I have loved Jacob , ’ says the God of Malachi ( 1.2–3 ; Malachi was probably written in the first half of the fifth century BCE ) , ‘ but I have hated Esau . ’ |
| 4 | I have loved you since I have known you . |
| 5 | These I have loved : |
| 6 | I HAVE loved visiting peat bogs ever since , as a sixth-former , I first experienced the wonderful combination of springy surface and spongy sphagnum , glistening red sundews and white bog cotton that they offer . |
| 7 | Because I have loved life , I will love death also . |
| 8 | I have loved cars since childhood but I 'm concerned we 're not addressing some of the problems they cause . |
| 9 | I have loved her in obsessive fashion . ’ |
| 10 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 11 | I have loved rugby union all my life and will continue so to do ; the thrilling Australian rugby league tourists of 1982 and 1986 meant that I could no longer choose to ignore the other code of rugby football . |
| 12 | Richard Benson wrote of the method he evolved : " For years I have loved the broad and smooth areas of colour that exist in posters printed by stone lithography , and in working with the halftone screen to reproduce photographs , I have struggled to apply this inherently lithographic quality to the work of the stone 's descendant , the modern offset press … |
| 13 | But just as she was stepping into the cab , she clutched me : ‘ I have loved you so much , darling Lily . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I have loved you long and dearly . ’ |
| 15 | But I have loved you ever since I first saw you in this house . |
| 16 | I have loved Rose for a long time , and nothing will ever change that . ’ |
| 17 | Here I have loved and greatly lived , and here by these grey stones , |
| 18 | I have loved it for years . |
| 19 | Here for nearly 40 years , I have loved to prop myself against a lamp-post with a sketchbook , binoculars , a sandwich and a bottle of wine , to spend an idle hour or two observing the sea . |
| 20 | ‘ It has been very hard work , but I have loved every moment of it , ’ was comment after winning the 1992 Award . |
| 21 | ‘ I have loved elephants since I was a child and it will be fantastic to see them in their natural environment . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I have loved many things about it , and certainly the Chamber . |
| 23 | Says , I have loved you with an everlasting love ! |
| 24 | Not a love that changes , not a love that starts when you become nice , not a love that , you know , that well if you , if you 've got , if you 've got it , it 's got it 's good days and it 's bad days I have loved you with an everlasting love says God ! |
| 25 | I hope that I have redressed the balance regarding the usual effect of freeze branding and by the way I do n't have a financial interest in either system so my view is unbiased . |
| 26 | I have phoned the company , but all I get is an ansaphone and no-one ever contacts me . |
| 27 | I have phoned Sarah many times and had long talks with her about the welfare of goats . |
| 28 | ‘ I have phoned you — twice — but there was no reply , ’ Lucy protested , making an effort to remain calm . |
| 29 | I can probably tell you I have phoned |
| 30 | I , I , I have phoned the police on numerous occasions and I must say , there is n't a great deal of response . |