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

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1 ‘ You are reminded that I have the backing of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council .
2 ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’
3 The drainage dyke was probably half way down the 1000 metres I had expected and I have easily , in the past , landed the aircraft inside 400 metres .
4 A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water .
5 If not , it is their loss , for it is the catholicity of the education to which I was exposed that I have come most to value .
6 You may have noticed that I have not suggested any intensive practice specifically on vowels or their different combinations into diphthongs .
7 Gervase , you have perhaps noticed that I have never removed my underpants in your presence .
8 " Thank God you did , or I 'd have cracked up and had even less money saved than I have now . "
9 Granted that I have a map of my house in my head , how do I use it to go from A to E ?
10 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 ?
11 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 .
12 But having sa said that I have to share with you the a key element er , in the life of the church has been the ordained Ministry of Word and Sacrament and pastoral care .
13 It will be seen that I have to arrive at figures in respect of damages in this case under a number of heads .
14 ‘ No decision about the meeting will be made until I have had talks with those responsible for organising the group 's itinerary , but we are not at all happy with the decision to meet Sinn Fein . ’
15 ‘ I 'll be ruined if I have to pay ! ’
16 Or he has written and I have not received it .
17 And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it .
18 I would hope to look them eye to eye and speak to them as one of humanity as I am , as people who have suffered as I have , and as have 3,000 people in Northern Ireland and as the Balls now have in Warrington .
19 On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’
20 ‘ I have given and I have taken — and that is eternal .
21 ‘ My ability to concentrate is limited and I have to avoid stressful situations , which is why , for example , I have not given media interviews .
22 So , if you think that I 've got where I have by giving my sexual favours to Tim Dunton , or anyone else … ’
23 Lest it be thought that I have singled out young persons as a special problem , let me hasten to add that I think that the behaviour of youth cultures has to be seen as a mirror image of the adult society .
24 ‘ I had the option of pulling him out because I was concerned about the ground , but the run has shown that I have been far too soft on him .
25 Er I think our position is that we provide as you know , air defence through a layered system er of air defence aircraft and missiles and the simple truth is that in the light of the changes in the strategic er setting , particularly er as it affects U K air defence , we have decided that the provision of a medium defensive layer , that is the M sound system to which you refer , is not a high priority at the moment and the programme is therefore being postponed and I have to emphasise it 's not been abandoned .
26 " My parents have died and I have come to be your wife , " she told the fisherman .
27 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 ’ .
28 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 . ’
29 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 .
30 How have I demonstrated that I have initiative/staying power/ leadership qualities/flexibility/get on well with people/can work without supervision ?
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