Example sentences of "[pron] 've [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , I 've decided to leave Monpazier to another day . |
| 2 | As she got to the bottom Michele appeared in the hall , and said briefly , ‘ There 's nothing to be achieved by staying here , so I 've decided to get straight back . |
| 3 | ‘ Four o'clock , ’ Luke murmured huskily , ‘ and it 's the damnedest time to say what I want to say — what I 've wanted to say many times … |
| 4 | ‘ I 've wanted to do that all my life , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Lindsey — oh , Lindsey , if you knew how much I 've wanted to do that ! |
| 6 | I 've wanted to do this for ages , ’ he murmured . |
| 7 | So many times I 've wanted to do this again … so many times … ’ |
| 8 | Goddess , she calls happily , I 've wanted to shout these things at her for years . |
| 9 | I 've wanted to make that film since college ’ . |
| 10 | I 've begun to collect some ‘ tools ’ . |
| 11 | I 've begun to think more and more like this — it is terribly cruel of fate to have put these twenty years between us . |
| 12 | And this last two or three years I 've s I 've become to realize that how important acting and performing is to me , and h how much more there is to do in it . |
| 13 | ‘ Father , I 've endeavoured to gather all the facts available , and still I 'm uncertain which is the best decision . |
| 14 | I do n't know what I 've done to deserve this . ’ |
| 15 | I 've done say eighty |
| 16 | I 've made made that mistake in the past . |
| 17 | What I 've had to do this year , or what I 've chosen to do this year |
| 18 | Now I 've finished editing this issue of NI , I have come to hate the very word ‘ population ’ . |
| 19 | Now I 've finished researching this issue of NI , I have come to hate the very word ‘ population ’ . |
| 20 | oh when I 've finished doing this I might Has Matthew decided what he 's going to do ? has he applied for university ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 've finished sketching this part of the castle , ’ she muttered . |
| 22 | Also now I tend , as you 've probably come to realise I 've tended to include specific types of bonding arrangements as a functional group for example , I call a carbon carbon double bond , I call that a functional group for the simple reason that that arrangement of bonds dictates the principle properties of those compounds and in that context I 'm then using the word group a bit more liberally instead of saying it 's a group of atoms which dictate the properties I 'll say it 's a group of atoms or it 's a special grouping of electrons , which dictate the properties . |
| 23 | Er , I know I 've made some mistakes which they 've missed and I 've managed to put those right as I went on . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I 've managed to make most of mine , ’ said Susan . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're more than half way through the first series and I 've managed to keep both jobs going . |
| 26 | erm And also , I 've managed to find some relationships between wind direction and and that shows that the long distance sources of pollution affect the City of Oxford as well . |
| 27 | By 1330 hrs it is complete and I 've managed to throw some lunch down and grab another brew . |
| 28 | But from that meeting some good came , because thanks to Peggy , and the rest of the lady delegates from the G M B on the executive of the Grimsby C L P which amount to sixteen , I 've managed to get two thousand toxic shock syndrome forms around United Biscuits , Ross Group , S G M Chemicals , the whole of the Humber bank , and everywhere else that we can get it into . |
| 29 | That 's right , just looking at the er the tables that I 've managed to get faxed to me from the Football League today . |
| 30 | ‘ I must explain how I 've managed to accumulate all this new stuff . |