Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I have reached a momentous decision , a joyous decision , and I 've brought you here to tell you about it . ’
2 The judge rejected this argument : ‘ I have reached the clear conclusion that the mother has not established a sufficiently grave risk of a sufficiently substantial intolerable situation .
3 Rather , I have reached the reluctant conclusion that ours is a nation of liars .
4 Though there is little difference between the text of 1807 and Wordsworth 's final version , I have printed the final version of this poem , since the tidying up in matters of punctuation is in all cases justifiable .
5 For years now I have conducted a personal campaign , always asking if I can have , for example , a five or three amp fuse instead of the one I am given , a 13 amp .
6 He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal .
7 I have sent an 11-page dossier to Patrick Chillery of the disqualification unit asking that the two be disqualified under the terms of the Disqualification of Directors Act 1986 , ’ said Mr Bell .
8 But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage .
9 Once I have achieved the correct balance I have completed the compositional structure .
10 My position as warden means that I have to spend a fair amount of time in the office , dealing with correspondence and the large amount of information that our fieldwork generates .
11 I have fitted a complete set of new springs with Monroe GaD Magnum 4 x 4 shock absorbers , but when viewed from the rear , the vehicle has a definite lean to the left .
12 As a frequent visitor to Scotland I have formed a great admiration for the Scottish farmer 's skills , particularly in animal husbandry and the attention that he pays to the production of a crop of whose product I am a not infrequent consumer .
13 It would be unfair to say that I have formed a low view of the Foreign Office ; rather I have formed the view that Foreign Office activities have in some way become totally disconnected from the human race .
14 ‘ Twigs and I have formed a little company called Mask to get several projects off the ground , ’ Leigh says .
15 I do n't too much like warm toast , I have to wait a little bit .
16 Though nearly fifty years later I have followed a similar route to Orwell 's , his book is all that we share .
17 I have followed the fitter directive but I am not convinced it is the best for the vehicle — should n't engine oil be used for engines and gear oil for gearboxes ?
18 I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time .
19 On the very rare occasion I have fished a single caster on a size 20 hook .
20 I repeat to the right hon. Gentleman that I have said no such thing , and neither in context has my right hon. Friend the Chancellor .
21 I repeat : I have said no such thing and I invite him to withdraw .
22 I have said a good deal more on Government Back Benches than I have on Opposition Back Benches and very often it has been what has been done on Government Back Benches that has saved even Labour Governments from some of their follies .
23 Oh , but I have said the wrong thing , she thought , for her sister 's face had tightened and her eyes burned with a coppery light .
24 It will keep for a while , at least until I have recorded a little visit I made after I finished writing my life of Elsie and the episode concerning the Butcher .
25 As I make my way through my lecture tours overseas I am frequently asked who was the best , and I have to evade a proper answer because each group had its Gibsons , but at different times .
26 SIR — At last I have achieved a life-long ambition and made a citizen 's arrest .
27 Once I have achieved the correct balance I have completed the compositional structure .
28 I have to call the American Consulate . ’
29 The idea that John was trying out his ideas in private first , getting them carefully developed before he actually faced his cast , is confirmed by another letter to Hanns in which he wrote , ‘ I have written the first record , and am starting rehearsals for S. T .
30 So I have written the same column for 15 years . ’
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