Example sentences of "[vb past] i have [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Now I am never ashamed of anything , for I consider shame to be a bourgeois and petty emotion , but this was the one occasion when I felt ashamed of myself , and I have never forgotten how sad it made me to have denied my principles for the sake of friendship and love — or what I imagined to be love . |
2 | As it rolled away , I realized I had left my parcel inside , and given the coachman all the coins in my purse . |
3 | On Wednesday after the selection committee meeting , I realized I 'd left my fountain pen in here . |
4 | went out of the house to go to , shut the door and realized I 'd left my cars in the house . |
5 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
6 | And when you found I 'd had your heir , you 'd have brought me home fast enough . " |
7 | It did cross my mind that she might actually get across the damn thing and hit land before the wind dropped , but I reckoned that even if that happened I had done my best , and honour was satisfied . |
8 | She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day . |
9 | I reckoned I 've heard my mam say Tommy . |
10 | Sparks had been my life for only 16 years , but long before I joined I had admired its style , history and clientele — over a century of selling fine Chinese art , for the past 60 years from that great drawing-room of a shop in Mount Street . |
11 | ‘ I jumped out of an aeroplane and discovered I 'd forgotten my parachute . |
12 | I felt I had to express my feelings to someone , and so that evening I told Herbert my secret . |
13 | They were difficult years , and I felt I 'd served my sentence when we parted company . |
14 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
15 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
16 | I knew I 'd missed my chance when that happened . |
17 | I knew I 'd met my fate right from the start ! ’ |
18 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
19 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual squat . |
20 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
21 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home and I still think Bob Seger is crap . |
22 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
23 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
24 | ‘ I knew I had landed my 100th winner , ’ Charlie told me ‘ but I never expected the sort of reaction I received from the crowd . |
25 | I knew I had to tell my wife what was happening , but I did n't know how she would react . |
26 | I knew I had found my spiritual home . |
27 | And I knew I had found my spiritual home . |
28 | I knew I had found my spiritual home … |
29 | I knew I had found my spiritual , hully-gully home . |
30 | It was then I finally knew I had found my bride . |