Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There is one particular marathon runner I have always liked and that 's Grete Waitz .
2 He 's the best striker I 've ever worked with , I just wished he could do that sort of thing when he played for England .
3 ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with .
4 It was his goal that knocked United out of the Coca-Cola Cup , and Atkinson added : ‘ Saunders is the best natural striker I 've ever worked with .
5 He scored his first goal of the season on Wednesday — and Ndlovu , who is rated by Coventry manager Bobby Gould as ‘ the most exciting young striker I have ever worked with ’ , believes that 's the first of many .
6 ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband .
7 ‘ You have the most glorious hair I 've ever seen ! ’
8 ‘ You have the most beautiful hair I have ever seen . ’
9 McGinley rates the 11% growth in like-for-like sales ‘ a pretty good performance in the deepest recession I 've ever seen . ’
10 Thus this can be used to refer to a forthcoming portion of the discourse , as in ( 88 ) , and that to a preceding portion , as in ( 89 ) : ( 88 ) I bet you have n't heard this story ( 89 ) That was the funniest story I 've ever heard Considerable confusion is likely to be caused here if we do not immediately make the distinction between discourse deixis and anaphora .
11 At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero .
12 In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time .
13 This story , told from a child 's point of view , from the limited perspective of a small Welsh town , far away from the fighting , brought the sadness of war closer than any story I have ever heard .
14 ‘ It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard , ’ said Cyril .
15 ‘ In that case I 'd better come with you , ’ Woodruffe said .
16 you know they sit there going what is a normal case , this is a normal case I 've never seen anything else before .
17 This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving
18 But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own .
19 After a number of closed doors there was a feeling of discouragement and uselessness but I thank God that another door has opened — not in a direction I had originally looked but one which I am sure is right for now .
20 I feel a little as I felt when the only racehorse I 've ever owned ran at Lincoln . "
21 In the jury were such well-known ‘ independent ’ commentators as Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE , a Regional Health Authority Chairman I had just replaced , a nurses ' negotiator , a consultant who wanted more money for his hospital and an ancillary health worker .
22 ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep .
23 Have n't got much change I 've only got another pound .
24 What he has learned from Goldsmith ( ‘ the only genius I have ever come across ’ ) is that the holding company is not the most important unit of corporate organisation .
25 ‘ There 's a Takamine acoustic , which is not the best acoustic I 've ever heard in the studio , but okay , and a Fender Jaguar and a Precision bass .
26 The teachers on such a programme would have to confront the difficulty I have just raised , as well as questions about the mimetic values of fiction in the face of structuralist and poststructuralist assertions that word and world have no necessary relation .
27 Even at the club level I have always tried to bring in people from lower divisions because , sooner or later , the people playing low down will get higher up — some , not all of them .
28 The ‘ Oh ! ’ was caused by a flash of insight ; it seemed like an answer to the prayer I had not prayed , the prayer I had only thought .
29 And just keep a record of the time that I recorded it and er a little bit I 've just got to give the first names of the people that were talking but it 's done anonymously so there 's no no problem with that .
30 If I lie on settee I 've always got this leg hanging , because I
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