Example sentences of "[vb past] i have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I mean again I realized I had dug a hole for myself with the compressed funding but at the same time I was saying to myself oh yeah there is carry forward here er |
| 2 | I realized I had made a mistake . |
| 3 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 4 | ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through . |
| 5 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 6 | As I looked at him , it seemed I had found a brother and sisters to love and be proud of for the rest of my life . |
| 7 | Before it happened I had reached a point where at last I was earning enough money to make things a little bit easier , and then suddenly I found myself having to start all over again with wrecked finances , a new relationship and living in digs . |
| 8 | AROUND noon , I decided I 'd earned a break . |
| 9 | I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me ! |
| 10 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 11 | ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving . |
| 12 | I felt I had met a friend . |
| 13 | The dread excitement of D-Day came , and I longed to be at Bletchley where I felt I had had a rôle . |
| 14 | I knew I 'd used a contraction you know . |
| 15 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 16 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 17 | For a flicker of a moment as the policeman looked up at me I thought I had struck a wall again , but then the door opened . |
| 18 | But for a moment , you understand , I thought I had seen a ghost . ’ |
| 19 | Doctor seen it first , she thought I had pulled a hair and it was kind of septic |
| 20 | As I understand it , I thought I had identified a printer which Marisa could use pro tem , but I believe there are interface problems which Stephen is working on . |
| 21 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 22 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 25 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 27 | I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well . |
| 28 | ‘ I was very happy when I learned I had got a place at Oxford and my mum still has n't come down to earth yet . |
| 29 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 30 | Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room . |