Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 One of my friends ( 'I' ) who just stays a couple of doors up from me has got a very different attitude towards sex .
2 Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes .
3 None of them has made a hash of things like the British government .
4 For example , if there are several quite unrelated species of unpalatable butterflies living in one particular region and one of them has evolved a warning pattern of black , yellow and red markings , it will pay the others to follow suit because they will then all share the ‘ training risks ’ associated with novice predators .
5 Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour .
6 And one of them has had a day off .
7 selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ?
8 ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again .
9 ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’
10 See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better .
11 If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em .
12 One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton !
13 stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you
14 Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks .
15 Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks .
16 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
17 mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest
18 Na , I mean answered a yes to that question , but I do n't think it 's a matter of do you want or do you no , cos I do n't think the choice is there .
19 I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore .
20 ‘ And then , blow me , I got offered a job at Radio One .
21 I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it .
22 The rectories and vicarages I visited played a more important part in the rural community than they have done since or are likely ever to do again .
23 The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant .
24 And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself .
25 ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid .
26 as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us .
27 ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’
28 I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants .
29 A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window …
30 I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that .
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