Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup … |
| 2 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one … |
| 3 | I must have made thousands over those university years , much to the annoyance of my own family , as I 'd rarely made the effort for them . |
| 4 | I 'd rarely seen the place as packed as it was when I got there . |
| 5 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 6 | Clouds were moving across the far north-west of the landscape as I got to the cave , and I 'd just reached the mouth when the first drops of rain spattered on the stones at my feet . |
| 7 | Probably , I do n't know actually it 's really weird it keeps going it went once and I was playing hockey , it was really embarrassing I 'd just played the ball |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd just left the Royal Academy , I 'd just got the results of my finals . |
| 9 | I 'd rather got the impression that you were coming round to quite enjoying working for me . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd rather had the people I can survive with one person , one person down |
| 11 | Her leaning presence was deliberate , challenging : I think I 'd even felt the play of her breath on my neck . |
| 12 | It was early and I 'd already done the shopping . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , yes , a nurse came across ; she 'd remembered I 'd already seen the doctor . |
| 14 | And I 'd already pushed the card in |
| 15 | The one she actually cancelled was the one to her family because I 'd already cancelled the group one . |
| 16 | Then by my sixteenth birthday , I 'd already had the baby . |
| 17 | By that time I had already established because I did the documentary stuff , I 'd already established the ownership of the house and the house began life as the town house of a monastery called Priory . |
| 18 | He did he did n't do very much but I 'd already learnt the business by then . |
| 19 | She did n't want to sound rude , so she smiled her sweetest smile and said , ‘ I thought I 'd already got the job , Doctor . |
| 20 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 21 | I was a new face in the orchestra , very inexperienced , I 'd never played the piece , though I 'd studied it and practised my part . |
| 22 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 23 | I 'd never felt the strength of this emotion called love before . |
| 24 | I 'll probably wish I 'd never mentioned the matter , but it seems necessary to me at the moment , so there it is . |
| 25 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 26 | I 'd never enjoyed the media interest and the goldfish-bowl aspect of driving , and while I was grateful to have fans their continual invasion of my privacy got me down . |
| 27 | I do n't know , I always said I 'd never took the piss out of these children , but I 'm sure I must have done at school , but I must admit I was embarrassed . |
| 28 | In other words , I 'd always known the ingredients but had n't been able to put them together . |
| 29 | Several boys went to the fi to the fitting shop you see but the I 'd started I claimed to have started I mean it 's I mean there 's no credit to me but at least I was the first You know I 'd really started the thing you know . |
| 30 | ‘ The swelling 's down , and the bruise almost gone , but I 'd better change the dressing on your wound after you come downstairs . ’ |