Example sentences of "what [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |
| 2 | It seems daft to have to send to America to buy a British product , but that is what I have done , because I am tired of being ripped off by every Tom , Dick and Harry . |
| 3 | This , he wished it to be understood , was a duty to God incumbent on him personally , one that he couched in the words of the Confiteor : ‘ And I pray to God that you will not stop because of what I have done or what I have failed to do . ’ |
| 4 | People can see what I have done in the past 16 months and can form their own opinions about whether I have made the right judgments for the future of this country . ’ |
| 5 | On the occasions when I have tried this , I have found that I enjoy admiring what I have done much more than usual — the finished job seems to have a glow , which lasts longer than one would expect . |
| 6 | ‘ When you are on the floor in the corner you will know what I have done , Captain Rudakov . ’ |
| 7 | That is , I have done something , but I do n't analyse myself and above all I do n't judge what I have done . |
| 8 | I am afraid of what I have done and where I am going . |
| 9 | Suppose that I point at a chair and say ‘ By ‘ chair ’ I mean that ’ , nothing in what I have done creates the desired meaning for the word ‘ chair ’ unless I can further characterise what it is about the object I am pointing to that I am taking as relevant ; for example , I might say ‘ that sort of furniture ’ , and this would improve matters , but I have to have the concept of furniture first . |
| 10 | It is what I have done today that counts . ’ |
| 11 | No , but what I have done is to give you my expert opinion that any developments within the conservation area er within the D thirty nine part of the conservation area would be likely to be destructive of the character of the ancient part of the village . |
| 12 | PAMELA : Pray , your ladyship , let me ask what I have done to be thus severely treated ? |
| 13 | What I have done . ’ |
| 14 | If only I knew what I have done . |
| 15 | For I will go to the lord abbot and Father Herluin , and myself tell what I have done . |
| 16 | For what I have done I will answer , but not for murder which I have not done . ’ |
| 17 | There was none had any part in it but I. Enquire no further , for I stand here to declare what I have done , and to defend it . ’ |
| 18 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 19 | So what I have done is arrange for our normal trade discount ( 33.3% ) to be applied , and for a cheque for £35.80 to be sent to you . |
| 20 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 21 | No , what I have done myself , I must undo myself . |
| 22 | You will think I want to marry you only for what I have done , and you will refuse me on that score . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know what I have done . |
| 24 | On the wider issue , it has been made clear , not simply from what I have said but through what I have done over many years — in an earlier ministerial capacity and in my present one — that we are more than willing to take action where it is shown to be necessary , once we are sure that such action would be well-judged . |
| 25 | That is what I have done . |
| 26 | That is what I have done . |
| 27 | Which is what I have done . |
| 28 | However , what I have done is to use detailed assignment printouts given to me by the County Council , it 's erm these things here , to look at the changes in traffic flow along the whole length of the A sixty one between its southern junction with a proposed western relief road and its northern junction with a western relief road . |
| 29 | What I have done is hopefully brought together a er a view of people , a clash of personalities and a way forward . |
| 30 | ‘ What I have done is to take our policy further towards a target of 20p . |