Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
| 2 | Even if I 'd agreed to a fifth series , Pemberley would n't have lasted for ever . ’ |
| 3 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
| 4 | Earlier , I had spoken to a Uruguayan woman and her boyfriend . |
| 5 | I think I should add very shortly that having considered the many authorities cited , even if I had come to a different conclusion on the issue about consideration , I would have come to the same decision adverse to the owners on the question whether the payments were made voluntarily in the sense of being made to close the transaction . |
| 6 | I 've come to a tremendous decision today . |
| 7 | ‘ You see , ’ the chief inspector went on , ‘ I 've come to a dead end . ’ |
| 8 | I feel I 've come to a full stop and so does Toby . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've spoken to a good few people who are very annoyed . ’ |
| 10 | Sloman ( 1978 ) straightforwardly argues for a conscious module or sub-part view , of just the sort I have opposed to a program-level view . |
| 11 | I have appointed to a new post — the director general of resettlement — Major-General Burden who has returned from the British Army on the Rhine . |
| 12 | Since the start of the project I have spoken to a large number of disabled people who often begin by describing their daytime occupation or the type of work they would like to do . |
| 13 | I have listened to a few of her tracks since and I like them . |
| 14 | I tell him I am a writer and that I was robbed in Cuzco Airport and lost camera , films and all my writing , so I have come to a tranquil place to try to remember . |
| 15 | Maybe I have succeeded to a small extent , but there 's still plenty I want to know . |