Example sentences of "i have [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a bit embarrassing — I 'd never seen him blush before — so I decided to have a joke . |
| 2 | I was petrified ; I 'd never seen him like this . |
| 3 | I 'd never seen him like that . |
| 4 | I 'd never seen anything like it before . |
| 5 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 6 | I 'd never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't believe it — I 'd never seen anything like it before , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound . |
| 10 | I 'd never heard her speak like this before . |
| 11 | I 'd better let her take you home or she 'll eat me alive and spit out the bones . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd better let you go in . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd better let you know what we have got in stock just in case there 's anything there that you 're |
| 15 | I 'm originally from 80 Km north of there — a wee place called Castlebar and before you start slagging off Mayo footballers , I 'd better let you know I know this year 's hurling result ! ! ! |
| 16 | At the US Open at Shinnecock Hills he played the best I 'd ever seen him play — probably even better than he was going to in the British Open . |
| 17 | Never having foreseen James would suddenly develop a sense of extra-office responsibility for me , I had rather let myself go describing the flat of a rich friend which allayed James 's earlier mild concern about where I was living . |
| 18 | He seemed to have slid over nearer to me , though I had n't seen him move . |
| 19 | I had n't seen them carry her in from the car so it was a terrible shock for me . |
| 20 | I suppose I had n't let myself think it through — I mean , I was so happy when she said she loved me , I never stopped to think seriously about what I had to offer her . |
| 21 | I had n't let myself stop and think about it , but I knew there was something very wrong with me , and although I was n't depressed exactly , I was going through hell . |
| 22 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 23 | I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did . |
| 24 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 25 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 26 | Now he was starting to cry , and I had never seen him cry before . |
| 27 | People wept , and my mother embraced my father ; I had never seen her do such a thing before . |
| 28 | I had never seen anything like it ; it felt slightly illegal . |
| 29 | I had never seen anything like it before , a crescent of dazzling white , where a million pearly shells had been pounded and smashed by the Atlantic swells into fine sand , marked only by the tides , and above the tide-marks by the myriad criss-crossing prints of sea-birds . |
| 30 | I had never heard him talk so much . |