Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've run fifteen variations of that conversation , and every one has come up with different motivations for the Doctor . |
| 2 | The reason is that hardened Staffordshire smokers ( and they come no harder ) have taken to the Nicotine patch and are driving their colleagues mad with frozen smiles and cries of : ‘ I 'm all right — I 've gone 73-and-a-quarter hours without one ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've lost six dildos up my bum ; I want my money back , ’ says Richard . |
| 4 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You see , this is it , the crunch , the bottom line , as they say — I 've lost ten years of my memory . |
| 6 | I just think to myself , ‘ Well , I 've survived twenty-six years of this , I 'll manage another twenty-six … . ’ |
| 7 | I know what they mean — I 've lived three quarters of my life in council estates , that 's where I feel at home . |
| 8 | I 've smoked six fags without really meaning to . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've waited two days for you . |
| 10 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
| 11 | I 've seen one bloke with a giro this week . |
| 12 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
| 13 | I 've seen thirty men with their coats off fighting — getting on the trams and dragged off . |
| 14 | Dad , Dad I 'll put all after I 've done one side of this we 'll do the quiz then . |
| 15 | I 've done three questions of each . |
| 16 | It 's just I 've , I 've done three years at university now and I , I |
| 17 | It was the only time I 've worn four layers on the top in a race . |
| 18 | while I think of it , you owe Maggie thirty one pound ninety five P , I 've paid thirty pound for you up to now |
| 19 | It took 2 years to put it in place but I 've had 26 birds on the place . |
| 20 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm a good fighter , I 've had 18 wins in 18 fights , and knocked seven of them out in the first round . |
| 22 | The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever . |
| 23 | I 've had , I 've had two slices of wholemeal bread |
| 24 | I 've had two , sorry , I 've had two nominations for chairman . |
| 25 | So now I know , but the result is that I 've had two years of injury , followed by two years of doing completely the wrong thing . ’ |
| 26 | Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail . |
| 27 | But er I 've had one arrest in there and that was a girl . |
| 28 | ‘ I know why you 're here and I might tell you I 've had one hell of an afternoon . ’ |
| 29 | I 've had three goes at it , and I can tell you that looks are the last thing to be considered ; it 's what 's underneath that matters in the long run . |
| 30 | I 've had three weeks of being ordered about , laughed at , sneered at , talked over the head of , ignored . |