Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] that i have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 People would obviously conclude that I had died a coward .
2 Any selection of a few new titles , therefore , is bound to be especially arbitrary ; I can only plead that I 've made it as wide as possible .
3 I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy .
4 You will probably already know that I have taken over Nick Gibbs as editor of Woodworker magazine .
5 Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you .
6 It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it .
7 I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek .
8 I could not believe that I had got my first job .
9 I do not acknowledge that I have done wrong …
10 I hoped she would not discover that I had told Mr Edgar about her quarrel with Heathcliff .
11 So taken was I with this vision of perfect Iceland that I did not realise that I had walked into a skua colony , not , that is , until one fearless great skua hit me .
12 I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority .
13 ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again .
14 which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed
15 Can I just say that I had figured four hundred million it is in fact four fifty .
16 Can I just say that I had figured four hundred million , it is in fact four fifty .
17 Let's just say that I 've got the matter in hand . ’
18 I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end .
19 As Jesus himself says ( Matthew 5:17 ) : ‘ Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets .
20 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’
21 I must also admit that I 'd lost faith at this goal !
22 He said : ‘ Do you really think that I 've waited for days and days for you to come back here , just to play bloody party games ?
23 They would really believe that I had gone completely mad .
24 But I fear you may not believe me : because you may well think that I 've made the process seem incredibly complicated .
25 ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’
26 In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April .
27 I do n't know that I 've got any ambitions that way although you never know , do you now , what they say there 's many a good tune played on an old fiddle I thought you was going to say old women do n't , older women do n't appeal to me , but what about the one who raped me when I was thirteen ?
28 I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime .
29 I do n't feel that I have succeeded in mixing with the community as well as I would like to have done .
30 Many writing on the mid-seventeenth century at present would legitimately claim that I have marked out these positions too exclusively .
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