Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
2 | I 'd seen the naked soul of my Mother . |
3 | Oh well you had to notif take doctor 's note in you see , oh yes er doctor 's note and erm we were allowed , but erm fortunately I did n't have to have much time off , I 've been really fortunate that way , but erm I do n't think I would do anything that 's different to what I have done because it 's hard to prepare me for how I am now that 's how I look at things , and er the trouble I had with my husband it 's helped me to prepare myself for doing the garden , I 'd done the front garden when the gardeners came this morning . |
4 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
5 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
6 | I did n't get too much sleep that night though , wondering if I 'd done the right thing ! ’ |
7 | But I did n't have a single partner who said to me afterwards that in a corporate sense I 'd done the wrong thing . |
8 | I 'd believed the English boy would protect me from these sounds . |
9 | There was general approval that I 'd asked the right question — no one back in the newsroom realised how hard it had been . |
10 | Nicola is such a brilliant student I 'd asked the Royal Ballet to give her an audition . ’ |
11 | But if so I felt that I had a chance of retrieving the situation , once I 'd made the Fraxillian delivery . |
12 | I was so afraid tonight when you did n't show up that I 'd made the biggest mistake of my life in letting you go back to England without trying to extract a promise from you . ’ |
13 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
14 | I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager . |
15 | When I met her , I thought I 'd met the ideal woman . |
16 | Within six months , I 'd repaid the forty-pound loan from my mom-in-law . |
17 | It 's almost like the ceremony of ordaining a bishop in fact if I 'd turned the wrong page we could have ended up with a bishop rather than an abbot you know |
18 | But I 'd bought the wrong weedkiller , it was Tumbleweed and I found out later it 's only lethal to tropical fish , apparently I should have bought pathklear which is much stronger . |
19 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
22 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
23 | I 'd used the same plan as the previous day , but must have forgotten to change persons on board from two to one — dickhead ! |
24 | I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison . |
25 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
26 | Lisabeth was out of her flat before I 'd closed the front door behind me . |
27 | Erm I wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turning I think was the answer but there was no reason to say I had problems finding you or I was held up I 'm sorry for that or , or anything , there was no , there was no actual acknowledgement or reason for being late . |
28 | to wonder whether I 'd got the right time . |
29 | Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them . |
30 | I thought I 'd got the initial start and I wanted to keep ahead all the time . |