Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary I had come to that view for me , at that time it was necessary for me to contact one of the duty Chief Officers and on this occasion it was the Assistant Chief Constable Mr , so I made contact with him . |
| 2 | He even produced the document I had signed to that effect , bringing to my attention the relevant clause . |
| 3 | I know that I 've written to British gas . |
| 4 | You 've had this video now and I 've come to this school since you started this school , so you should know more about Stranger Danger than other schools cos I keep coming every year and talking to you about it . |
| 5 | Aye yeah that 's that that that I mean I 've went to that doctor and and it 's like a doctor 's surgery surely is should be sacrament yo you should n't , know what I mean ? |
| 6 | My people , I must admit I have written to Hot Press over the past few issues but due to the fact that I am concentrating on my forthcoming solo gig in the Attic on George 's Quay on November the 6th at 9 o'clock , ( cover charge £2 ) , be there or be square etc. , the standard of my letter writing has faltered somewhat . |
| 7 | I have called to this pub to see a friend , the tall attractive barmaid in black , the Irish one , my lover 's ex , by the way . |
| 8 | ‘ This is the best start I have made to any season and it is the best four rounds I have ever put together , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The baroque curlicue I have added to this criterion lies in its last words . |
| 10 | I have changed to lighter line because the swim is snag-free and I will be able to trot with greater control with this thinner and easier-running line . |
| 11 | All in all , I suppose I have changed to some thing of a nightbird . |
| 12 | For a while I adopted the practice of putting things away in cupboards until I was in a mood to be ruthless , but now I have advanced to instant ruthlessness . |
| 13 | I will give you an example of why I have come to that conclusion . |
| 14 | He paused to allow his words to sink in , before continuing briskly , ‘ Now , I have come to this decision … as far as I am concerned , Agent Red Sixteen has been punished sufficiently by having faced an opponent in the Death Arena . |
| 15 | I have come to this conclusion with some hesitation . |
| 16 | It is with great personal regret that I have come to this conclusion . |
| 17 | six times I have returned to that country , demanding the past from the present , flogging my emotions , requiring of them , still , that freshness they once owed to novelty , and from year to year finding in my ageing desires rewards ever less vivid … |
| 18 | And Ann said well I 'm waiting , I ai n't waiting all fucking day someone 's got to some work like . |
| 19 | He ( 1981 , p. 190 ) observes the ‘ suppression of voice in pornographic cinema , a phenomenon which has extended to commercial cinema in general , in which voice is increasingly ‘ a support for a certain visible presence of the body ’ . |
| 20 | But the ‘ Pacific ’ which has led to such thinking is a very different place from that dreamed up by soldiers or geologists , and once again is some way removed from the real , warts-and-all Pacific to which later chapters will be devoted . |
| 21 | A picture emerges of declining Government support of a previously nationalised industry under privatisation which has led to intense pressure to reduce overheads and manpower with steadily deteriorating safety standards . |
| 22 | Subsequently , other authors have used the terms ‘ backwardation ’ , ‘ contango ’ and ‘ normal backwardation ’ in ways other than as defined by Keynes , which has led to some confusion . |
| 23 | The £2 million costs are being found by the museum itself , together with Strathclyde Regional Council and the Fondation Mécénat which has looked to private sponsorship . |
| 24 | This was the foundation of the close association between tramways and illuminations , which has lasted to this day . |
| 25 | The earliest narrow boats were very simply painted with the owner 's name and address and basic geometric designs , but during the mid-19th century a form of decoration now known as ‘ Roses and Castles ’ developed introducing a rich and varied tradition which has lasted to this day . |
| 26 | Local grocer , Fred Plumb , became the first Athletic manager in 1932 by winning the position in a raffle , thereby setting a tradition which has continued to this day . |
| 27 | Somebody had gone to considerable trouble and expense to acquire the books and have them hollowed out , then delivered to the car hire people just before our plane arrived . |
| 28 | Noting that despite the evidence of academic and government reports , which had pointed to widespread discrimination against young blacks , very little had been done to remedy the position , Scarman concluded that : ( a ) many young blacks believed that violence was an effective means of protest against their conditions ; and ( b ) far from the riots being a meaningless event , they were ‘ essentially an outburst of anger and resentment by young black people against the police ’ ( Scarman , 1981 , paras . |
| 29 | It was machinery which had led to increased efficiency and output . |
| 30 | The US , by far the world 's wealthiest and most powerful state , also hoped for a stable , expanding world economy where freer trade would prevent a return to the depression and unemployment which had led to militant nationalism in the 1930s . |