Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's so many good bands and good records being made but the audience for them has remained the same size . ’ |
2 | There 's so many good bands and good records being made but the audience for them has remained the same size . ’ |
3 | I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager . |
4 | I 'd used the same plan as the previous day , but must have forgotten to change persons on board from two to one — dickhead ! |
5 | Thus I learned that Chaplin was dead and so was Elvis ( I 'd thought the former long since gone but this intelligence of Presley startled me ) , that Iranians had held Americans hostage , administered show trials and televised humiliation ; that a geriatric cowboy had become President of the mightiest nation on earth all in all , show biz news . |
6 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
7 | And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm . |
8 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
9 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
10 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
11 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
12 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
13 | I think I 'd had a few , few home-made wines . |
14 | I 'd had a few ! |
15 | As usual I just wished I 'd ordered the same as her : a bowl of smoked bacon and Roquefort cheese salad with garlic croutons . |
16 | Of course , I had reached the same conclusions but he was always better at presenting the facts . |
17 | I realized I had seen a few of these same processions on my way north through eastern Czechoslovakia , in Ovitkov and in Ostrava . |
18 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
19 | Similar to Fitzgerald , I had retreated a few patients months to years after their initial management , but one third of patients still had symptoms of constipation 6.8 ( 2.8 ) years after initial evaluation . |
20 | I had heard a few comments , such as : ‘ Oh ! |
21 | ‘ I had discovered a few things about him that were very … hurtful . |
22 | During the war I had felt the same about those they were attacking , the brave men of the Allied merchant fleets . |
23 | On Boxing Day I had accepted a few spoons of gravy , but only after considerable coaxing from Mick , having refused it twice already . |
24 | ‘ But , darling , suppose I had done the same when I was expecting you ? |
25 | I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me . |
26 | Then before I had gone a few yards I felt a tug on my back . |
27 | I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside , peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view , when I heard a voice behind me . |
28 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
29 | This led to a real Sunday morning 's devotion , singing new stanzas to the song I had started a few days before : ‘ Thank you for sore legs ; thank you for the pain ; I wan na thank you , Lord . |
30 | ‘ I had thought the same thing . |