Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He cheered himself with the thought that there was not ‘ an idea I 've ever had that I have n't put down on paper . ’
2 I suppose , by saying this I 've already gone back on my word .
3 This I 've never done before .
4 There 's a few I have n't put on .
5 We were glad we 'd probably be seeing him again some time , unlike some who had n't got out while the going was good .
6 And this one has definitely lasted longer than the people who thought it up .
7 22 Something 's just gone down a hole in the skirting board .
8 All this he had never known before .
9 This he has now sent off .
10 As he intensified the party 's efforts to lure floating voters away from the Liberal Democrats , the Labour leader made clear he had not ruled out holding a referendum on constitutional change .
11 The longest he had ever stayed off was six months , at the first attempt .
12 Have to be careful it has n't gone off .
13 ‘ I 'm afraid it has n't worked out having a woman on the team , Kate . ’
14 In so far as fairness is used within the traditional adjudicative framework the balancing involved therein may be different in degree but not in kind to that which has always gone on within natural justice itself .
15 He is not , so far as I know , having it off with anyone and I certainly am not , more 's the pity in a sense , though to be honest I 've never felt less inclined in my life . ’
16 In one blinding flash then , she had realised how much she had actually given up for Paul in a futile attempt to avert his jealous outbursts — friends , family , social life , even smiling …
17 Penelope Fitzgerald 's prose is as clear as glass , and you realise how much she has n't said only when you stop laughing .
18 ‘ He was convinced you 'd only gone home to England to break the news to your family , then you were coming back to marry him .
19 3R — review : a further viewing of the text to check your recall Review tells you how much you 've really taken in .
20 He said : ‘ I am delighted it has finally worked out for them after all these years . ’
21 He tried to remember the details of the old scandal something to do with a scene on the stage that had stopped the performance , and after that she 'd never appeared again , until now .
22 He stood scowling down at her and Claudia wished she were taller than the five feet eight she had always thought just right .
23 We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so .
24 You know I 'm , in some ways you know I 'm so glad I 've never had like well before you know it used to bother me that I 'd never had a long-term relationship and that
25 retail I have n't worked out trade yet .
26 ‘ I am glad you had not run away , ’ she said in an unwontedly meek voice .
27 For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse .
28 He was glad he had n't gone on to the Reserve after the Armistice , as Tubby had — though , if he had , he would have stayed retired .
29 Sorry we have n't got there yet Mr .
30 It is not a very profound play Francesca , anything else you wanted to throw in that we 've not included here ?
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