Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A curious time you have picked to tell us of this , Michael Riven , ’ Murtach said , smiling wryly . |
| 2 | I have agreed to help them with this very worthwhile project and I am about to send them 1 or 2 large envelopes of material . |
| 3 | Many a time I have wanted to ask her about this , and thought it wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ I have wanted to meet you for such a long time , ’ she began hesitantly . |
| 5 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , I believe that the CA approach can get us further with the study of code switching than other approaches tried so far , and it is on that basis that I have chosen to use it in this book . |