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

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1 I cast back and suddenly found that I had hooked the bird , which had been feeding avidly , dipping and swooping over the water .
2 Reg used every opportunity to take swipes at me and constantly implied that I had lost the confidence of everybody involved with the club .
3 ‘ That new fuel blend of yours has just ensured that I 've had the most embarrassing drive of my life !
4 Pleasant and nice songs I suppose I do n't know it 's just , quite like it , it 's now big , it 's about the most thing he 's ever recorded that I have liked ,
5 It was so carefully written that I 've read it three times and I do n't think it says anything .
6 I was called to make a statement and later found that I had won the medal .
7 I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it .
8 He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed .
9 The ‘ Lucy ’ poems have received a great deal of critical attention ( see , for example , F. R. Leavis in Revaluation ) ; it is because the ‘ Matthew ’ poems are so frequently ignored that I have chosen one of them for special comment .
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