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 |