Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I did n't anticipate , I was yanked out of the back of the court , I 'd gone there to see some proceedings with people I was involved with and all of a sudden the barrister for the defendant said , is a Mr in court ? |
| 2 | Not that we 'd actually fallen out , but I 'd walked away to check the markers and I had 127 to the hole and Lee said it was 147 — and that 's a difference between an eight and a seven — so I said , ‘ You got it wrong . ’ |
| 3 | It was a trick I 'd learned never to do without a crash helmet . |
| 4 | The sniping was increasing and I had to move away to help guard some German prisoners we had collected in the action . |
| 5 | People envied me my birth and my childhood , but my secret pride was that I had rejected both to make of myself a prosaic and common-sense fellow . |
| 6 | Oh yes , she was an exception ; but physically she was not exactly … … in any case I had determined never to do Salome with a girl who dances . |
| 7 | By the time the pub had filled enough so that the punters were giving me dirty looks for taking up so much room , I felt I had discovered enough to put two and two together and make five if not six . |
| 8 | I had to go upstairs to tell the woman above that I was using the bathroom , because if she walked about above , the plaster fell off . |
| 9 | Fearnley was by now talking so quietly that I had to lean close to hear him . |
| 10 | It had looked suspicious , I had done right to inform them , they said kindly , but the man had nothing on his person at all , and said he had been after rabbits . |
| 11 | ‘ I had gone Outside to empty the bedpan … |
| 12 | I had read enough to know that the figures for anorexics who starve to death or commit suicide are frighteningly high . |
| 13 | I had read enough to know that the way the Bristol Cancer Help Centre promulgated was a considerable challenge , although how hard a challenge I was only to appreciate later . |
| 14 | I had to stay behind to cook supper for the others . ’ |
| 15 | The rest of the family went to India for a year , but I had to stay behind to do A levels and university entrance . |
| 16 | I had failed miserably to give my readers a true picture of the visual delights awaiting those who followed in my footsteps . |
| 17 | ‘ I had to come especially to see you this morning , Leith , ’ he said earnestly as he fell into step with her . |
| 18 | I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him . |
| 19 | I had sworn never to call her aunt again , but I did not regret breaking that promise to myself . |
| 20 | After two hours ' work , I had managed only to hack out a shallow hole hardly large enough to bury a tortoise . |
| 21 | I was carrying a good supply of handkerchiefs and managed to keep myself clean , but it was ten past eight before I had recovered sufficiently to move , with attendance at the concert now out of the question . |
| 22 | Nigel never looked at any building before examining the head , and I had learnt never to become too enthused about interiors until this had been done . |
| 23 | My father had often urged me to try some of his marijuana , but I had never accepted , just as I had refused even to look at the cocaine that he kept in his dressing room . |
| 24 | We got it there or thereabouts for sales executives right ? the area development exec job but we did n't get it right we were two grand adrift quite clearly demonstrable evidence that we were two grand adrift on that pay and I 've asked now to agree to upping the pay level and if he does we might get some decent people and then we worry about the ramifications of that afterwards , yeah ? |
| 25 | ‘ There are still some things to be done in the house , ’ he said calmly , ‘ a few cupboards left to build , some wiring , and I 've stayed behind to finish it all . ’ |
| 26 | I feel I 've developed morally to become capable of things I could never have dreamed of before . |
| 27 | " I 've seen enough to convince me that the only recommendation I can make to the bank is that they should withdraw all financial facilities to the Ingard group forthwith . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've seen enough to know that the place will be perfect for Pool . |
| 29 | I personally I 've had yet to deal with one where the complaint . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've come here to restore your judgement , ’ she said . |