Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had picked for this exercise a place that I had visited many years before. , but to which I had never returned . |
| 2 | As a journalist I had seen many countries overseas , all smaller and poorer than ourselves , being granted self-government ; and I had hoped that Scotland would not be denied even the limited self-government that was then being dished out to the Cook Islands and the Faeroe Islands and the Cameroons . ’ |
| 3 | I had seen many people in the distance . |
| 4 | I had seen many pictures of attacks on the city but somehow seeing that bridge destroyed , it suddenly hit me what is happening to Baghdad . |
| 5 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
| 6 | I had entertained many hopes for this morning . |
| 7 | This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad . |
| 8 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |
| 9 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 10 | I had tried many lies and devices to avoid this mountain , including a realistic limp and stories of leg cancer . |
| 11 | Several years ago I wrote some pieces about the Psion Organiser , telling how I had devoted many months to trying to learn how to use this tiny alpha-numeric keyboard . |
| 12 | I had had many tests . |
| 13 | I had spent many years teaching the EFATO to PPL students , but this was different . |
| 14 | As I 've said many times before , pressure is only a condition of the mind . |
| 15 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
| 16 | I 've asked many people I 've met who sell drugs if they take them and they say , ‘ No , no ’ . |
| 17 | I 've apologised many times for what happened that night . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've seen many women in my life , ’ continued the young man , staring into her face , ‘ but I 've never seen a woman as beautiful as you . |
| 19 | I 've seen many examples of vehicles , further back , unaware of the situation , switching lanes and accelerating . |
| 20 | Since I 've been in the East , I 've met many women — Egyptian , French , Greek , Jewish , Turkish , and English , too . |
| 21 | once a week to me and I ring him occasionally , and er his first remark which was quite erm natural he said well you know Ernest , he said I 've heard many ministers . |
| 22 | They always let you use a ‘ phone and sometimes you get a private one in a booth or similar and I 've made many Stateside calls that way . |
| 23 | This is a favourite recipe from a friend of mine ; a quick and delicious snack which I 've enjoyed many times . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've read many stories of people taken but not returned , ’ the Bookman said slowly , as if thinking of a distant memory . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've thought many things about you , my dear , ’ Johnny said , in the same tones of blatant dislike , ‘ and most of them uncomplimentary . |
| 26 | I 've had many students who 've done this in front of me who 've started off by saying , my client is not a criminal . |
| 27 | Downstairs in our reception we have a community tank that I 've mentioned many times . |
| 28 | I do n't think I 've got many cards up here they 're in my bedroom I think let's have a look these are all done . |
| 29 | ‘ I have loved many things about it , and certainly the Chamber . |
| 30 | Perhaps today the general public take too much for granted , the , as a local Councillor I have to interview many people who come to me with housing problems , to be as patient as one can is essential as a politician , but after the complainant has gone , one is very conscious of the fact that their problem is so minute it is hardly worth mentioning . |