Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’ |
| 2 | It is as though I have left the dull class rooms of the world and the discordant sound of the trampling feet and I have reached a place far from men where my mind is moved by universal rhythms . |
| 3 | ‘ I have reached a momentous decision , a joyous decision , and I 've brought you here to tell you about it . ’ |
| 4 | It is by comparison with the published criteria and all the information available to me that I have reached a judgment . |
| 5 | He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal . |
| 6 | For years now I have conducted a personal campaign , always asking if I can have , for example , a five or three amp fuse instead of the one I am given , a 13 amp . |
| 7 | Erm I have sent a t tape recorder to my father-in-common-law in Liverpool , and I need the address for him to send it on to . |
| 8 | Mr Major said : ‘ I have sent a message to President-Elect Clinton offering him my congratulations . |
| 9 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 10 | I have fitted a complete set of new springs with Monroe GaD Magnum 4 x 4 shock absorbers , but when viewed from the rear , the vehicle has a definite lean to the left . |
| 11 | I have expressed a general thanks to all counsel but special thanks should be recorded to the Official Solicitor and to Mr. Michael Nicholls of his department for the rapid response to my cry for help and for the superb way in which the Official Solicitor and Mr. Butler , who holds his brief , have responded . |
| 12 | ‘ Twigs and I have formed a little company called Mask to get several projects off the ground , ’ Leigh says . |
| 13 | It would be unfair to say that I have formed a low view of the Foreign Office ; rather I have formed the view that Foreign Office activities have in some way become totally disconnected from the human race . |
| 14 | As a frequent visitor to Scotland I have formed a great admiration for the Scottish farmer 's skills , particularly in animal husbandry and the attention that he pays to the production of a crop of whose product I am a not infrequent consumer . |
| 15 | The gas fire I have formed a really deep and meaningful relationship with Andy at Anglia Gas he 's been back and forth to my house , I know all about the fact that he has n't got a girlfriend and his mother is a marvellous cook and that Worlingworth is a bit off the map he and I are buddies , dear ! |
| 16 | My hosts have taken me around , and I thought that we would have lunch in the Television Tower — in fact I have reserved a table . |
| 17 | Though nearly fifty years later I have followed a similar route to Orwell 's , his book is all that we share . |
| 18 | On the very rare occasion I have fished a single caster on a size 20 hook . |
| 19 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 20 | I have said a tune is one meme , but what about a symphony : how many memes is that ? |
| 21 | I have said a good deal more on Government Back Benches than I have on Opposition Back Benches and very often it has been what has been done on Government Back Benches that has saved even Labour Governments from some of their follies . |
| 22 | It will keep for a while , at least until I have recorded a little visit I made after I finished writing my life of Elsie and the episode concerning the Butcher . |
| 23 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |
| 24 | Yes , you could see him thinking , I have damaged a vitally important piece of domestic equipment ! |
| 25 | As a writer , reviewer and professional artist I have accumulated a collection of over 40 videos . |
| 26 | More than I have wanted a woman for a very long time … ’ |
| 27 | SIR — At last I have achieved a life-long ambition and made a citizen 's arrest . |
| 28 | After 3 x 3 gallon exchanges between these two tanks , I have achieved a reading within 0.5 ( 6.2–6.7 ) |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm very pleased because Martin and I have achieved a lot together , and a championship race is what we were after . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have written a letter , ’ Kezia replied in a whisper . |