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

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1 ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother .
2 You may have noticed that I have not suggested any intensive practice specifically on vowels or their different combinations into diphthongs .
3 Gervase , you have perhaps noticed that I have never removed my underpants in your presence .
4 It 's not emotional blackmail — but once or twice recently , I 've felt that I 've nearly bought it .
5 I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting .
6 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
7 You could not have thought that I had ever considered her as my wife .
8 But for me , soon after the operation , there occurred something so removed from anything I had ever experienced that I have never forgotten it .
9 I do n't think that there 's a garage left that I 've not tried .
10 I had also discovered that I had not put in with the ‘ essential documents ’ a vital letter — the one which contained Kathy and Len 's address , so here I was arriving in Perth , knowing nobody and without an address to go to !
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