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

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1 For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … .
2 I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’
3 I hated speaking to large groups of people and normally would have avoided it at all costs , but I found that I had thought so much about this that telling other people was a relief .
4 By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting .
5 When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness .
6 I later realized that I had posed during a crucial period , and the tiny bronzes that resulted ( for that size prevailed ) continue daily to touch me .
7 I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction .
8 It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way .
9 At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening .
10 I finally realized that I 've got to live with that .
11 Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done .
12 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
13 I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start .
14 He agreed that I had gone about as far as I could go in Moose Jaw , and together we composed a night-letter telegram to Gladstone Murray in Ottawa requesting a reply to my job application .
15 They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’
16 As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly .
17 When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year .
18 I set off from Beirut for Jerusalem in the late autumn of 1980 ; and the moment I entered Rafi Horowitz 's office in Jerusalem , I realised that I had set myself no easy assignment .
19 Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command .
20 ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued .
21 I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days .
22 When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad .
23 I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley .
24 Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat .
25 The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job .
26 The driver assumed that I had come to see the church at Eyam , with its special exhibition featuring the events of 1665 and 1666 , when the bubonic plague visited the village .
27 Moving outside to fit the new cylinder , I noticed that I had dropped the tiny rubber washer that fitted between the cylinder and stove .
28 It happened that I had come to ‘ cut and sew ’ necklines in class .
29 You know , I was embarrassed to tell my mother that I was pregnant , because it showed that I had had sex .
30 The King could not persuade me , and unfortunately he never forgot that I had refused to do what he wanted .
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