Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] i [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the three years I 've been here , and because C&P was one of the first ICI groups to move into quality , the value of the quality ethos has taught me that it 's the only way to do business . |
| 2 | Hugh Jones has decided to step down from the chairman 's seat and the board has asked me if I 'd be willing to take over from him . ’ |
| 3 | But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . |
| 4 | Pahdra Singh has told me that although Proby 's cousin did manage to register the stand as a car , he did so describing it as a 1964 Skoda with 300,000 miles on the clock . |
| 5 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 6 | Q : Valerie has asked me if you could answer a few questions on her behalf . |
| 7 | Neil had told me that he might spend the daytime hours between tides over here on Seal Island . |
| 8 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
| 9 | The house agent had assured me that a bathroom and lavatory had been installed upstairs above the scullery ; looking at those nettles , I hoped he had told the truth . |
| 10 | Within weeks of my arrival , Mme Bluot at the bakery had asked me whether I would consider giving her son Didier English conversation lessons . |
| 11 | This mighty work has moved me as I have not been moved since I discovered the symphonies of Gustav Mahler some 35 years ago . |
| 12 | Nigel has told me that he 's going to go Indycar racing . ’ |
| 13 | But these people had been shot down some months ago and as the Feldwebel had told me that this was only a transit camp I knew that I was not likely to meet them here . |
| 14 | An aid specialist had told me that before the Gulf crisis about thirty per cent of the rubbish collected by the Baghdad municipality was food scraps . |
| 15 | While he was in opposition , Ted Heath had asked me if I would go to Rhodesia on behalf of the Conservative Party if they were returned to power . |
| 16 | The girl had told me that she was a virgin and that she was in love with me . |
| 17 | I do n't remember the prior , it 's what my parents have told me and the birth certificate shows , of course . |
| 18 | ‘ Maurice has told me that you are not completely happy in your work . ’ |
| 19 | A year actually on the job had taught me that it was n't quite so simple ! |
| 20 | I laughed for the sheer pleasure of playing such games with God 's strong world , then remembered the senator had told me that Robin-Anne liked to sail . |
| 21 | The King 's officials had told me that the Princess was very popular , and the people hoped that she would become my wife . |
| 22 | Editor , — On three occasions in the past two years the duty surgical team have contacted me while on call as duty psychiatrist with a view to giving consent to a surgical procedure on behalf of a patient . |
| 23 | School friends who spent their summer holidays at the shieling have assured me that the cows were as alert as they to the seasons and the signs of preparation . |
| 24 | The past two years have shown me that getting people ‘ turned on ’ to quality is a huge challenge . |
| 25 | Candy 's warned me that Scorpios are very possessive . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My wife has informed me that the two boys who attacked you stole your handbag . ’ |
| 27 | My conscience has troubled me since I left Oxford . |
| 28 | A friend has told me that you 've satirized me thoroughly in a story and spilled some confidences about my wife . |
| 29 | The lease runs out in two months time but the landlord has told me that I am not entitled to a new one because the lease is an excluded one . |
| 30 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |