Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 72 ) and , towards that end , each of them occupied a territory on the periphery of the USSR within which a particular nationality was in principle predominant — Estonians in Estonia , Ukrainians in the Ukraine , and Russians in the Russian Republic , which was by far the largest . |
| 2 | time that took to get them shod a halfpenny cheaper ! |
| 3 | Have I reared a coward as well as a traitor ? ’ |
| 4 | No have I arranged a day with Sylvia but then I |
| 5 | So the bottom line is I took a cab into town and the driver said this was a real nice place … |
| 6 | I have been a connoisseur of speech-making for a quarter of a century , but never before , in any country , had I met a personality so terrifying in its dynamic force , so vituperative , so vitriolic . |
| 7 | ‘ Never , in my life , ’ he murmured distractedly , leaving her mouth for a few seconds to hungrily kiss her cheekbone , her temple , to lightly nip the lobe of her ear , ‘ have I met a woman so obstinate , so pigheaded … ’ |
| 8 | Had I made a mistake ? |
| 9 | Good old car that was I made a profit on that . |
| 10 | Er I think I , the height of my erm efforts there was I made a needle box , a needlework box , with all the partitions in and we French polished it and all this sort of thing . |
| 11 | I 'm not swearing , have I said a thing ? |
| 12 | One young refugee remembers : ‘ When asked what I wanted to be I said a doctor . |
| 13 | Yeah , I done a burp . |
| 14 | I done a wee . |
| 15 | I done a wee in my |
| 16 | One firm offered them forty five , four hundred and fifty thousand pounds , I said I wanted three hundred thousand , cos I done a lot of repair , a lot of renovating , and I made the bar open and I made my money through selling drink and getting in entertainment . |
| 17 | That 's how she wants it so I done a lot . |
| 18 | ‘ I seen a photo of her , ’ I say . |
| 19 | ah , but when the kids went home I just had ha I had a sandwich . |
| 20 | Had I needed a kidney , where the demand is much higher I am sure my guilt factor would be far higher . |
| 21 | As the man in the manky mackintosh says ‘ … have I got a treat for you ! ? ’ |
| 22 | Every so often she handed me her rod , saying , ’ Have I got a bite ? ’ |
| 23 | And I 'm watching all this and thinking , ‘ Jeez , have I got a lot to learn . ’ |
| 24 | Striding from the car he quipped : ‘ Have I got a disease or something . ’ |
| 25 | Why have I got a light on ? |
| 26 | Er , I 'll go have I got a car ? |
| 27 | I 've got a terrific headache tomorrow , have I got a temperature ? |
| 28 | Have I got a boil head then ? |
| 29 | Not only have I got a career that I can earn money from . |
| 30 | have I got a sweet ? |