Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] i [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy .
2 He he has said if I do go for maintenance he 'll deny that Ricky 's his .
3 He said : ‘ I 'm delighted with the work he has done in training and the commitment he has shown when I have asked him to play . ’
4 To show willing she has watched while I 've prepared dinner this week .
5 Right O K yeah that 's the other major erm feature is that agriculture 's share of world trade has declined and manufacturing er share of world trade has increased and I 've got some er some numbers here erm so it says before the first world war agriculture 's share of world trade was over fifty percent , today it is less than fourteen percent okay , so agriculture 's share in world trade is declining and has been declining er essentially over the the last sort of seventy years or so .
6 It has meant that I have sampled virtually every type of hotel/guest house accommodation imaginable and this I present as part of my qualification to address the subject in question .
7 You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember .
8 I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out .
9 eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs
10 I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight .
11 Er , I know I 've made some mistakes which they 've missed and I 've managed to put those right as I went on .
12 The second bit I 've seen but I need to see the first bit .
13 And when I 've expanded and I 've told you then I then come back to my ending and I say , okay so what I 've done I 've told you about three aspects of flying , about the safety of it , ab about the costs involved in taking part in flying and about the enjoyment you 're gon na get out of flying and I hope that I 've persuaded you that you will come along on Saturday to take part , and that 's the ending .
14 ‘ Mr Wexford , I 've heard all you 've said and I 've got to believe it .
15 Yes I 've phoned and I 've written three times and I 've written to his mother our official letter , official no headed notepaper she 's not there , she works as a nurse does n't she ?
16 And , and it 's surprising what I 've found when I 've bought erm
17 " I 've worked until I 've dropped so that I should fall asleep with exhaustion and not lie awake remembering you .
18 If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son .
19 I 've paid as I 've earned .
20 ‘ I have given and I have taken — and that is eternal .
21 I said what he 's given and I 've repeated it back to him .
22 The time 's come when I 've got to make a change .
23 It arose , actually , the book , from a course in fact erm for current practicising engineers that we ran here at Sussex and indeed are still running , and engineers from many walks of life , different sort of areas of interest , have attended and I think found a lot of benefit from attending the course , so suppose it 's aim primarily was someone with a background knowledge of engineering in its broadest sense , but
24 Montgomery said that the spring offensive of 1943 was ‘ the heaviest and most savage fighting we have had since I have commanded the Eighth Army ’ .
25 " My parents have died and I have come to be your wife , " she told the fisherman .
26 My initial instinct is to move a couple of hundred yards or so but some of my most memorable catches have occurred when I have moved only a couple of swims further down the drain .
27 I 'll I promised Mr a list but I 've had a very busy week and have n't done him a list this week and I have promised and I 've broken a promise .
28 Turning , planing , routing and so on generate vast quantities of shaving , and I have found that I have to empty my 17 litre wet and dry vacuum cleaner at frequent intervals .
29 But I feel that never can I join you , for I have found that I have left my training so late that it is ‘ work or else ! ’
30 And the one thing that I over all these years I have found and I 've come more and more into is aromatherapy , because it 's not
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