Example sentences of "the [noun] i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 2 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 3 | The activities I have tried have been successful , and I shall try many more . ’ |
| 4 | Hill said : ‘ This is the opportunity I have worked for and I would like to thank the team for putting their faith in me . |
| 5 | There was also a quote from Forbes ; he praised the stand I had taken in the face of management victimisation and stressed my right to real work . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 7 | We 're able to put up most of them , while the remainder I 've sent round to The Beach Hotel . ’ |
| 8 | I 've only got the base I 've lost the top . |
| 9 | They are heading for a gathering at a place I can not see on my map , but they seem content with the direction I have chosen . |
| 10 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 11 | It was close enough to use the under-arm style , and the pebbles I 'd selected were all of roughly the same size , so my fire was very accurate : four shots within splashing distance and a fifth which smashed the neck off the bottle . |
| 12 | I know that I went there when the change I have spoken of must have been already complete . |
| 13 | The support I 've got now is not really professional . |
| 14 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 15 | And I just do n't have the support I had hoped for — from you , perhaps , yes . |
| 16 | Then I discovered a button missing from the shirt I had planned to wear . |
| 17 | I asked to keep her talking , but I was thinking of the scribble on the photocopies I 'd found . |
| 18 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 19 | But one morning I came to play and I found that my clubs were not there ( they had been stolen ) I then had to go through the long task of making a claim to the insurance company to try and claim some money to replace the clubs I had lost . |
| 20 | It was very uncomfortable until firstly I started getting some of the programmes I had commissioned back , and secondly I saw on screen that some of them were going to be among the first successes of the Channel . |
| 21 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 22 | Through my mother and my sisters , this was the stereotype I had learned at home . |
| 23 | Now , on the board I have listed some possible targets . |
| 24 | Or half a can of paraffin , if you 're anything like most of the scouts I 've met . |
| 25 | My Lord I think it 's right that that it 's clear from the discussions I 've had with Mr that the plaintiff is going to be in the witness box for some considerable time and I think if your Lordship 's had an opportunity to read the witness statement , seen the areas of dispute , the nature of the the fact that arised and had a look at some of the documentation , it would be much er er a much speedier process than it would otherwise be . |
| 26 | Skirts have gone so much shorter — you 'd hardly believe the hems I 've taken up . |
| 27 | And , even if it were just an American issue , how can one claim to represent American art properly in the period when women 's work often led the way without including some of the artists I 've mentioned . |
| 28 | Songs are the lifeblood of pop music , and all the artists I have represented have been heavily involved in songwriting . |
| 29 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 30 | In the afternoon I had thought that the only important thing was that I was alive , now I wished that I was dead . |