Example sentences of "a [noun] i [vb base] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't remember there having a break , we had the break at er midday but I do n't remember , if we , if we did we had to work you know what I mean , we just have I forget , that is a bit I 've forgotten |
| 2 | It 's a bit I 've got all two towels . |
| 3 | A toy I 've played with too often . |
| 4 | Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing . |
| 5 | Of course McDunn points out that I could still be the murderer ; this could all be a story I 've made up . |
| 6 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
| 7 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 8 | It 's a play I have seen acted regularly in each village , and on every occasion it 's exactly the same . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to see him about a play I have written . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 11 | A mummy I 've got , I 've got a car or a welly boot with a teddy in it . |
| 12 | The Newfoundland will will jump into the into the water and will tow a boat I 've filmed one towing a boat . |
| 13 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 14 | In fact , I 'd go so far as to return a compliment I 've had paid to me by men many times over in my eventful life . |
| 15 | Sort my love life with Rocky out , we 've had a bit of a tiff at the moment , as a result I 've had to drop him from the squad completely and he 'll probably go and join the scum where he 'll show me up like that poncy french bugger who used to play here . |
| 16 | As a result I have had to conclude it will be quite difficult to include an article based on the interesting paper you wrote for the branch , in the next edition . |
| 17 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |
| 18 | It is more likely to be a wonder I have borne with things so long . |
| 19 | It 's not a question I 've given much thought to . |
| 20 | Lord knows it 's a question I 've asked myself often enough . |
| 21 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 22 | Ted , 51 — now trained in law and first aid — said : ‘ As a cleaner I 've had an insight into what goes on in the cells . ’ |
| 23 | It is a skill I have honed on a host of beautiful staircases and , before tonight 's professional debut , my most singular success has been at a large hotel in Sloane Street where we just chose Miss London.The marble stairs to the entrance hall are just too perfect to ignore , with only a couple of people chatting on the right halfway down.I take the left hand course and soar down and round the gentle curve in nothing short of majestic style , allowing myself the luxury of a smile and a brief wave to the startled pair as I rattle by . |
| 24 | ‘ Ever since I was a boy I have dreamed of playing at St Andrews in God 's country . ’ |
| 25 | If anyone has set me a test I have done very well especially in look , look at his , ca n't even sign his name |
| 26 | ‘ As a teacher I have observed that children truly learn when they try to solve questions which they themselves ask . |
| 27 | Further down the valley from Low Birk Hatt is a place I own called Walker Hall , which has 17 acres of land . |
| 28 | To find employment my father moved to Peterborough and although I have since lived at Rathcoole for a period I have found my childhood friends difficult to trace . |
| 29 | Speaking as someone with a job I 've got to be very careful about giving advice to people who are in a much worse situation than myself , but from the research we did erm it is clear that it 's very important erm not just to sink in and dwell on your problems , not just to erm stay at home , not meeting other people , not engaging in activities . |
| 30 | ‘ What a job I 've had catching you . |