Example sentences of "[pers pn] have finished " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once work on them has finished , and vegetation is established , their shape can be modified . |
| 2 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
| 3 | Next day , as soon as I 'd finished giving a police statement about a drug addict who had threatened me and attempted to steal syringes and prescriptions , I went to see her in hospital . |
| 4 | It was dark by the time I 'd finished . |
| 5 | He mentioned a sum which would pay my rent until I 'd finished the helium balloon and leave some over for sandwiches . |
| 6 | ‘ When I 'd finished writing the book I had lunch with a publisher ; she walked in with this crestfallen expression on her face , saying , ‘ I expected somebody taller , blonder , and just more … |
| 7 | ‘ I said that when I 'd finished the Shaw book , I 'd disintegrate , ’ he told me . |
| 8 | I intended heading there after I 'd finished eating ’ |
| 9 | When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet . |
| 10 | When I 'd finished and it was just the two of us left I put my arms around him and kissed his face . |
| 11 | By the time I 'd finished pounding it , rolling it and shaping it , it was dun-coloured . |
| 12 | Just after I 'd finished at college , I went along to someone 's party and I remember telling this girl who I was chatting up that I played bass . |
| 13 | When I 'd finished we began to see the funny side of it and ended up laughing . |
| 14 | AFTER I 'd finished my house jobs as a new doctor , I did a stint on obstetrics as a junior . |
| 15 | After I 'd finished the poem I felt triumphant that I 'd broken my fear-silence . |
| 16 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 17 | ‘ By the time I 'd finished reading the report I was fairly confident that if I , as an adult , accepted what was on that screen as being right , valid and interesting , then it would be the same for a child — provided I took out any excessive sexuality and violence . |
| 18 | It did n't exactly lend weight to my decision to realize , when I 'd finished making it , that I was standing outside a second-hand jeweller 's looking at a selection of gold rings . |
| 19 | I must admit , after I 'd finished with the menopause I felt absolutely great ! |
| 20 | After I 'd finished hating her , I began to feel sorry for her . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you know , I thought I 'd finished these . ’ |
| 22 | I was of no fixed abode , but I 'd finished my time so they still let me go . |
| 23 | ‘ Captain , ’ said the squire when I 'd finished , ‘ you were right , and I was wrong . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 're in trouble , Jim , ’ he said when I 'd finished . |
| 25 | So I got up , took the dog a walk , got back in , bolted down my breakfast , and then as soon as I 'd finished , on the garden digging . |
| 26 | During that time though I still kept contact with the market and the market traders on a Saturday , and a Thursday , if possible , after I 'd finished , remembering the market stayed open till nine o'clock at night . |
| 27 | And erm when I 'd finished with him I 'd perhaps get a two or three specked apples or a banana or something like you see . |
| 28 | Well when I was thirteen I supposed to be having b bad trouble and I went to doctor 's and instead of knocking off school at waiting till I was fourteen , I 'd finished at thirteen . |
| 29 | After I 'd finished I went and did six months in Banbury in er Oxfordshire er doing surgery . |
| 30 | I 'd finished ! |