Example sentences of "[vb past] that i have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 2 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 3 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 4 | As the years passed I discovered that I had developed a special school ‘ personality ’ which was a distortion of myself . |
| 5 | I discovered that I had become a ‘ character ’ and was fast becoming a caricature of myself . |
| 6 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly I have never heard from any of them since , although I felt that I had made a number of new and lasting Russian friendships that night . |
| 8 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 9 | I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't . |
| 10 | They said that I had torn a policeman 's tunic . |
| 11 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |