Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SINCE the first police forces were founded 150 years ago , everything about them has changed except the way they are organised . |
| 2 | Thus , sometimes a seller will find himself still in possession of goods after the ownership in them has passed to the buyer . |
| 3 | The result of that was that by the time I 'd rushed across the road , dashed up the stair well found the place , dashed up the stairs , I was out of breath and er had n't composed myself and I just res resembled a quivering blob that er |
| 4 | Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . |
| 5 | If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case . |
| 6 | They caught me at it , luckily , before I 'd gone over the edge . |
| 7 | Com , coming out the back tell me how just as I 'd gone by the door and er |
| 8 | No apparently I 'd gone in the bog , I was n't feeling bad or anything . |
| 9 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
| 10 | And I 'd said to the And I 'd said to the dentist |
| 11 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 12 | I 'd heard on the grapevine it was nearly settled . ’ |
| 13 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 14 | the kitchen was piled up , I , I , Dinda took my suitcase upstairs , I 'd seen to the dog , he was very , very good in the car as you know er , I took my suitcase , I could n't get through the bedroom door , the bed clothes on the floor where it 's , where we 've had a sudden hot spell , he had n't folded them up |
| 15 | Each one of their jobs I 'd done except the carriage cleaning of course , but of course that was a straightforward job , cleaning carriages . |
| 16 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 17 | I the work I 'd done in the past the training I 've had the experience I 've had with Hector and his work that was all leading up to that . |
| 18 | I 'd popped into the library to get a book renewed and when I left the college building I saw her walking along the road on her own . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd popped into the chemist 's . |
| 20 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 21 | So , there 's me , in agony with me ankle , hobbling over to the hole that I 'd made in the wall of the office . |
| 22 | I suddenly felt nauseous with anger and humiliation — none of the things I 'd felt at the time . |
| 23 | Just after I 'd stepped under the shower , I heard him come up behind me . |
| 24 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 25 | There could 've been something there , someone I 'd met in the past that might open another door . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house . |
| 27 | But I lied about the afternoon and I was worried when you wanted to keep the betting slips because you probably know that one of the horses won and I would have won quite a lot of money if I 'd stayed in the betting shop . |
| 28 | At that moment there came a faint scratching from the box I 'd built in the corner last evening for the pigeon . |
| 29 | I 'd like to remind him that 's nothing to the idiot he made of himself on All Fools Day last when he found the dead stoat I 'd placed in the pulpit . |
| 30 | So I 'd to go to the washing racks for fourpence a day . |