Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ? |
2 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
3 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
4 | You see I 've got with me in the studio here Stan Bowes , who 's the head of marketing for the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board , and Stan has just been explaining to us that there is this campaign to encourage people to take holidays in this country . |
5 | But I mean , now you see erm I , I 've got to er go to since they closed Central , and I have n't got a car erm so I 'm not going to carry thing , I ca n't I 'm with , with arthritis in my back I ca n't , I ca n't carry really only a very small bag , so this was |
6 | I 'd buzzed off one , but the rest I found hard to remember . |
7 | Once I 'd broken into this solicitor 's and all there was there was this big safe , y'know the type I mean , a big square box that was on this big slab of polished wood . |
8 | I 'd dressed in my long dress , eaten breakfast bedu fashion , discussed the children 's health with the Sheikha over coffee — the Youngest Son had had far too many headaches and his usual teasing and joking had n't been seen for days . |
9 | In fact , I gave her more thinking time than I 'd bargained for as the crush at the bar was worse than when we 'd arrived . |
10 | Then the show ended and we had to return to America and I thought that was that — good friends , really talented , I 'd grown to really like David 's music . |
11 | I sorted through my frocks but could find none that fitted me ; I 'd outgrown them all and was waiting until I 'd grown into Liza 's castoffs . |
12 | I 'd joined in trying to control the thing by now as Gillian found she could n't manage curves on her own . |
13 | They made no effort to withdraw , or temper their gaze or remarks , and I struggled to maintain the sort of meditational dispassion which I 'd observed in my cat on its box . |
14 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
15 | ‘ I 'd hoped for personal service , ’ said Giles . |
16 | It might not hold all I 'd hoped for , but … ’ |
17 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
18 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
19 | I 'm delighted with the job , it 's the one I 'd hoped for . |
20 | The result of that was that by the time I 'd rushed across the road , dashed up the stair well found the place , dashed up the stairs , I was out of breath and er had n't composed myself and I just res resembled a quivering blob that er |
21 | The ring I 'd grasped as a baby |
22 | I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time . |
23 | People said I 'd gone off my head . |
24 | And I 'd gone off passion . |
25 | Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . |
26 | ‘ I 'd gone to school longer than the others . |
27 | If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case . |
28 | Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’ |
29 | Where would they think I 'd gone to ? |
30 | Actually , I had fun inventing my own diet because I had gone on diets before , I 'd gone to fat farms , too , but it had never lasted . |