Example sentences of "that i have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 32 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 33 | So he came to the conclusion that I 'd torn a muscle . |
| 34 | ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’ |
| 35 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 36 | After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me . |
| 37 | There 's a poster up in erm , and these two people that are drug addicts , and said like , did you see that I 'd drawn a pair of ears on one of them , turned around and seen Shane and he 's like his mate was the other one , were n't it ? |
| 38 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 39 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 41 | Now that I had reached a town , there was an elaborate routine to undergo . |
| 42 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 43 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 44 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 45 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 46 | And I followed this with a suitably modest smile to indicate without ambiguity that I had made a witticism , since I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Then I thought that maybe I was at fault , that I had borne a grudge too long . |
| 49 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
| 50 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 51 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 52 | I began to think that I had found a friend , and I answered him at once . |
| 53 | ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’ |
| 54 | I told her that I had had a sort of a breakdown , and that I was appalled by what I had done . |
| 55 | After nine months of tests , I was told that there was ‘ probably ’ nothing wrong with my kidneys and that I had had a bladder infection . |
| 56 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 57 | Obviously this sense of guilt , this idea that I had betrayed a friendship , spurred me on when I got older , not only to study birds but also actively to promote their well-being and do what I could to prevent their numbers from dwindling . |
| 58 | People would obviously conclude that I had died a coward . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | She was delighted that the coffee was real and that I had used a glass jug on a silver stand , where a nightlight kept it steaming . |