Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On one such occasion , I had walked past a tiny lochan . |
| 32 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 33 | I had brought off a successful forced landing , with no damage to man or machine , and afterwards I was able to describe the symptoms which led to the failure , which in turn led to the fault being found and cured . |
| 34 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 35 | There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed . |
| 36 | Five hours later , after I had passed beneath a crudely-lettered blue notice board that welcomed travellers to the unpeopled jungle vastness of Darién , I came to a wooden sign that said simply ‘ Sante Fé ’ . |
| 37 | Earlier , I had spoken to a Uruguayan woman and her boyfriend . |
| 38 | I had learned about a minor siege connected with an important river crossing not far from my home . |
| 39 | I had come across a small herd of Swayne 's hartebeeste near Awash Station , the only hartebeeste I saw during the journey . |
| 40 | I think I should add very shortly that having considered the many authorities cited , even if I had come to a different conclusion on the issue about consideration , I would have come to the same decision adverse to the owners on the question whether the payments were made voluntarily in the sense of being made to close the transaction . |
| 41 | Already I had put in a formal application to Gladstone Murray for a producer 's post with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , and Ernie Bushnell suggested I submit a programme script for consideration . |
| 42 | For a whole week now I had dreamed of a small child every night , and perhaps Bessie was right , as a message came from Gateshead . |
| 43 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 44 | I 've played in a certain town that makes linoleum where the audience did not laugh once . |
| 45 | She said , I 've hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 46 | Even close up the Mad Axe still has an air of quality about it and the finish is one of the best I 've seen on a Korean guitar . |
| 47 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 48 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 49 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 50 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 51 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 52 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 53 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 54 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 55 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 56 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 58 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ I 've heard of a better one in Hall Road , just as cheap . ’ |
| 60 | A thing that I 've heard from a few directions recently is erm the thought of work shadowing . |