Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just made rather a good job of denting his back bumper . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 3 | I had even made up a 19 foot rod with an astronomical test curve and weighing a ton but it made no difference ! |
| 4 | It might have continued like this indefinitely if I had n't picked up a copy of the Kensington News , a paper Daphne took so she could find out what was showing at the local picture house . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had n't put up a fight on behalf of the men . ’ |
| 6 | But until last Saturday night I had never seen how a major accident ward looked directly after a major accident . |
| 7 | So if I 'm late for work one day , you 'll know why , I 've probably fallen down a hole somewhere . |
| 8 | And I 've already fixed up a local lass to come and clean up for you every day . ’ |
| 9 | Anyway , I 've already cobbled together a thousand words on horror classics . |
| 10 | ‘ In fact , it was about the only game in which I 've not picked up a knock since the start of the season . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 12 | I think I 've just sewn up a deal on a new account . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just got rather a cold , ’ she said . |
| 14 | What I 've just described there a f is a full and complete contract and you tick down there . |
| 15 | I 've just had rather a disturbing meeting with one of my girlfriends . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've actually lost quite a bit of weight recently , ’ I said . |
| 17 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
| 18 | I 've never turned down a film I 've wanted to do because the money was too small . |
| 19 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 20 | But I ca n't walk because I 've got emphysema and I 've only got about a third of a lung as well as arthritis to go with it . |
| 21 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
| 22 | ‘ My husband and I have just taken out a massive loan to finance the purchase of offices and manufacturing equipment . |
| 23 | I have just put together a mail shot which I am sending to all Premier League chairmen . |
| 24 | Yeah cos I ai n't got a form I have n't filled out a form , well I have , but I ai n't got it back . |
| 25 | I have sometimes taken on a role where I have been injured , a plague victim , and used the role to become Devil 's Advocate , suggesting that one of the more aggressive boys in a class " Finish me off . " |
| 26 | Q I have recently set up a four foot tank which I furnished with rocks , caves and bogwood . |
| 27 | Can you please tell me what the rules are as regards holding cash , as I have recently taken out a personal equity plan ? |
| 28 | I have taken engines out of cars , rebuilt them and then put them back , but I have never carried out a conversion before . |
| 29 | ‘ The only thing that can be said is that somebody has just snuffed out a very special person who was going to achieve an incredible amount in life . |
| 30 | It is available from SIB which has also set up a Home Income Scheme Help Desk . |