Example sentences of "[verb] that i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 2 | Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time . |
| 3 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 4 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 5 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 6 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 7 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 8 | I realise that I had been less than a block away , watching the drugstore explode . |
| 9 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 10 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 11 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
| 12 | I realized that I had been tricked , so I then turned to some American and French correspondents . |
| 13 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 14 | When we talked about it at length , I realised that I 'd been using clothes to buoy myself up emotionally , ever since my father left when I was 10 . |
| 15 | I realised that I had been talking about the convent without explanation or location . |
| 16 | With an instant return to sweet reasonableness , Andrée said , ‘ Admitted that I 've been trying to seduce you , does n't that only go to show how desperate I am to get my way ? |
| 17 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 18 | Then , later , I believed that I had been born to die for someone . |
| 19 | Jan was briskly maternal , having decided that I had been Wronged . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West ( Mr. Randall ) assumes that I have been sitting drinking cups of coffee and not talking to people about the issues . |
| 21 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 22 | Dagenham boss John Still said : ‘ That was the best match that I have been involved with in 14 years of management . |
| 23 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 24 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |
| 25 | If she discovers that I 've been here , I 'll be killed . ’ |
| 26 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 27 | You will soon see that I have been right all this time . |
| 28 | My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | When I replied that I had been fighting for the extra 200,000 I had managed to achieve , I was remonstrated with for having put the business at risk . |