Example sentences of "i have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd just turned right off the B1 150 at Fairstead when I nearly crashed into the back of this unlit car skewed across the road . |
2 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
3 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
4 | Well I c I I 've seen so many things over the year I just do n't believe it until I actually see it and th literally four weeks ago , I 'd just got back from Germany , went on a meeting the following morning and it 's that gentleman there , Steve , and h he 's got some pictures in his pocket which will prove exactly what we 're talking about . |
5 | That was er I 'd just got back from work . |
6 | And I 'd just got in at about oh half three . |
7 | The following morning , I 'd just got out of bed when he started barking to get out . |
8 | ‘ I 'd just got out of bed — I was half asleep , ’ she tried , without much conviction . |
9 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
10 | The duvet , I 'd just taken back from the dry cleaners ! |
11 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |
12 | The mix of own compositions and covers worked well , bringing to my attention songs I 'd never heard before from the likes of Dick Gaughan and Steve Earle . |
13 | Erm , I had n't actually felt that violent , I 'd been having extremes of emotion all week erm , very high , very low , very very fearful , panic attacks which I 'd never had before in my life . |
14 | ‘ I 'd always hung around with boys , never really known any men — certainly no man had ever made me feel and think the dreadful things I felt and thought whenever I saw you ! ’ |
15 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
16 | Er then he made the I 'd better cut back to the business card because you jumped into the statement of purpose erm you assum er there was an assumed er was okay erm I put superb and I ca n't remember what that actually was there . |
17 | But she said no I 'd better come tomorrow with Paula as well . |
18 | I was waiting for Professor Avenarius whom I 'd occasionally met here for a chat . |
19 | I had peripherally helped out at anti-apartheid offices , even gone on CND Easter Marches when I first came over , but it was always on the sidelines . |
20 | Not only had I written to ask Mr Briggs more about him , I had also written twice to Mrs Fairfax . |
21 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
22 | ‘ It 's brilliant , a Verdon for bumblies ’ I had joyfully called down to Mick , on climbing the first of these pitches during an earlier attempt . |
23 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
24 | I had previously done likewise at the London magazine , Midweek , which I then edited . |
25 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |
26 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
27 | I was unable to pay more than the $100,000 I had just forked out for his British rights , so he sold Leslie Waddington a batch too . |
28 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
29 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
30 | ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said . |