Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [subord] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door .
2 She tried to remember if she had brought anything illegal .
3 Last night 's mess and a more tidy visit this afternoon when he came to see whether we 'd stocked up with illegal drugs on our trip to Nice . ’
4 No , I really came to see if you 've got any tweezers .
5 Then she remembered the way he 'd looked when she 'd talked about the Venetian nobility .
6 And the Turk 's Head stayed shut with padlocks on the doors and the windows boarded up , and Uncle Titch went away and no one seemed to know where he 'd gone to , not even William 's grandad , and no one seemed to know whether he 'd taken his fairground with him or whether it was still there behind the shutters and the padlocked doors in the dark rooms with the bloodstains still on the walls and floors .
7 They ate the sandwiches they 'd made before they 'd left the house , and then lay in their shelter and read two paper-backed books they 'd brought with them .
8 ‘ The investigations so far have shown no evidence of such an elaborate organization , ’ Kopyion seemed to answer before he 'd finished .
9 " I 'm not going to John O'Groats , " she 'd said as she had cantered off .
10 Had you phoned well I did n't know if you 'd phoned after I 'd rung you , or before I 'd rung you .
11 She rejected the idea immediately : the Newleys deserved to reap as they had sowed .
12 And scared again , like I 'd felt when I 'd woken before .
13 ‘ You have n't exactly had a peaceful birthday ! ’ she 'd reminded Laura , who 'd smiled as she had recalled the twins ' boundless energy , which had left the two adults feeling quite exhausted at the end of the day .
14 You called your wife a tart , which is your business and hers , but you also said that if you 'd known where she 'd gone you would have caught her at it .
15 If he kissed Cora-Beth — not on her cheek as was his custom , but on the lips — would he feel that same passionate desire he 'd experienced when he 'd kissed Madeleine that night in the schoolroom at The Grange ?
16 It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy .
17 ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ she 'd asked as he 'd begun pacing up and down the room .
18 Danjit hastily resealed the suit to cover the love-bites he 'd left where he 'd slobbered over his prisoner .
19 Yes cos we ah yeah yesterday after you 'd finished after I 'd finished tried to feed him .
20 But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy .
21 He 'd survived where they had eliminated some of his followers because they took him at his own estimation , a man of the cloth .
22 When Nell did n't reply , he turned to see if she had heard him ; found her staring fixedly at the sign .
23 For what it 's worth , I merely took the opportunity to discuss a radio-related matter with him when we happened to meet because I 've kept missing him at work these last couple of days .
24 Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing .
25 The two major electricity generators , PowerGen and National Power , declined to comment until they had assessed the white paper .
26 ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement .
27 This uninhibited tourist did not look like the Frankenstein monster whom many Americans had expected and some of them began to wonder if they had got Khrushchev and his modest and dignified wife wrong .
28 After two hours I began to wonder if he had stitched me up and then , worse , whether he was back at the flat with Alison .
29 Robbie began to wonder if he 'd gone permanently .
30 True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents .
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