Example sentences of "[conj] i have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 2 | I left the crew to fend for themselves ; they were a married couple , after all , and I remembered a small trattoria in a back street where I had enjoyed a candlelit meal . |
| 3 | Either that , or I 've got a secret penchant for women who attack me with briefcases and then do their best to alienate half my work-force . ’ |
| 4 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a ‘ 59 Stratocaster , although I 've got a different neck on it now , because I 'd worn the original one to the point where every time I re-fretted it , I had to fill in the holes ! |
| 6 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 7 | Or ‘ I had a binge last night and I 've no excuse , except that I 've got a terrible hangover this morning and I 'll try again tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | Erm what I 'm doing basically is er putting on as many exhibitions as I can using the centre 's name and making sure that I 've got a good amount of my work in there , although I do n't push anybody else out . |
| 9 | Yeah it 's like with me , I mean of course do n't forget that I 've got a good two hundred pounds to come on about the fifth of December from the British Legion 's savings . |
| 10 | ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’ |
| 11 | It 's not wa with a microphone it 's just that I 've got a little socket for a microphone . |
| 12 | I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't . |
| 13 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 14 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 15 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
| 16 | I needed to be reassured that I had reached a hospitable culture … |
| 17 | A feeling that I had run a terrible risk and now everything was going to be all right . |
| 18 | As the years passed I discovered that I had developed a special school ‘ personality ’ which was a distortion of myself . |
| 19 | I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister . |
| 20 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 21 | It was clear long afterwards that I had suffered a serious mental shock . |
| 22 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I have lost a young constituent to one Ecstasy tablet ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Trying to compose myself , before concocting the programme notes for the Gosling Celtic match , I notice that I have developed a bad case of the shakes . |
| 25 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 26 | I have replied to all , and would like to report that I have negotiated a suitable figure with Christina Littler and Bob Haddon of Birmingham who will take possession before the end of May . |
| 27 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 28 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 29 | But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff . |
| 30 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |