Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 2 | None of the nurses spoke to me , nothing , till 2 o'clock that afternoon , which I 'd had her at 7.30 in the morning … |
| 3 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 4 | Was I sure I had seen it at all ? |
| 5 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 6 | I had expected it at some point . |
| 7 | well it 's , it 's it 's on at one o'clock , one o'clock and er it 's on erm half past six tonight , well I 've taped it at half past six tonight and after everybody 's watched the news I 've , I watched it after , er , you know , so , I watch it then an hour |
| 8 | I 've seen it at closed hand . |
| 9 | I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 've found someone at last that really does care for me . ’ |
| 10 | " Ah , so I 've found you at last ! " |
| 11 | I 've found you at last ! ’ he cried . |
| 12 | I 've found you at last . |
| 13 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 14 | On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it . |
| 15 | Ah , thought Forest , I 've got it at last ! |
| 16 | Anyway — now that I 've got you at last … |
| 17 | Not that I 've got anything at all against them getting out and about a bit now , ’ he added hurriedly , not wanting another Grimma on his hands . |
| 18 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |
| 19 | There is a violent undercurrent in our society which has got nothing at all to do with football and where football must n't be complacent is to provide the opportunities at its matches to allow that undercurrent of violence to manifest itself . |
| 20 | She 'd met him at one of Klein 's parties — a casual encounter — and had given him very little conscious thought subsequently . |
| 21 | She 'd enjoyed a brief dalliance with Lorimer a few years earlier , after she 'd met him at one of the receptions Wakelate had attended , incognito , on business . |
| 22 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 23 | A year in Milan , Italy 's great fashion centre , had sounded close to perfect — at least , that was how the woman who 'd interviewed her at International Models had made it sound . |
| 24 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 25 | I do n't like housework particularly — it 's just a bore , it 's so monotonous , and with a child you 've done it once and five minutes later it just does n't look as though you 've done it at all . |
| 26 | ‘ They just put a tick on it if you 've done it at all . |
| 27 | I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean . |
| 28 | Er ca n't watch it after you 've watched it at eight , I 'm getting right odd here |
| 29 | You 've got nothing at all ? |
| 30 | ‘ Now stay where you are , boy , while I test you on your spelling to see if you 've learnt anything at all this past week . |