Example sentences of "[vb pp] that i have [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 2 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 3 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 4 | It was not for some years after we had separated that I had to face the fact that the deepest part of one 's being is always inaccessible to another , and that only when we are lost in passion , eager above all else for our own gratification — yet unconscious that this is the case — that we ignore the gulf , forget that we are strangers . |
| 5 | I 'd accepted that I 'd joined the club — and there were some really nice people in it . |
| 6 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 7 | ‘ That new fuel blend of yours has just ensured that I 've had the most embarrassing drive of my life ! |
| 8 | I cast back and suddenly found that I had hooked the bird , which had been feeding avidly , dipping and swooping over the water . |
| 9 | I was called to make a statement and later found that I had won the medal . |
| 10 | I needed to be reassured that I had reached a hospitable culture … |
| 11 | Reg used every opportunity to take swipes at me and constantly implied that I had lost the confidence of everybody involved with the club . |