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 . |