Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.

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1 I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first .
2 I had grown more and more tired , energy seeped away and I had begun to sweat at night .
3 It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone .
4 TED AND Callahan and I had agreed to meet at Jocko 's at 8.30 in the morning .
5 Trammelled by my exhaustive cataloguing of habit , which I had continued to practise at Mr Broadhurst 's insistence , my visual escapades had become fully manageable .
6 Now she feels she is ‘ no more nervous than any other nervous person , but I 've had to work at feeling safe again .
7 I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth .
8 I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth .
9 It is important to create , as I 've tried to do at British Coal , a sense of challenge .
10 You do n't have to come too early only I 've got to go at quarter to seven .
11 Let's go and have coffee first , and then I 've got to call at the bank to get some cash , and dump that package , before we start shopping . ’
12 Now I 've got to leave at three thirty .
13 Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure .
14 Erm there are two two other erm factors I 've got to look at
15 I 've got to look at it today , I meant to have a look .
16 And I saw them , well I think they 're alright , I 've got to look at them more closely , well I 'd like to a , yes we are going darling , you 're very excited .
17 oh dear god I 've got to work at Albridge tonight
18 I think that Sunday she 's free , but I 've got to get at her , and on Monday I 've got to go up to walk her round to see her .
19 Lot six a Canton card case this the card case showing I 've got several offers I 've got to start at three hundred pounds got that in several places three hund three twenty , three fifty , eighty , four hundred I bid four hundred , four twenty , four fifty at four hundred and fifty pounds , anybody else ?
20 I 've got to speak at the women 's Institute .
21 ‘ Old Trafford is the one ground I have wanted to play at more than any other , ’ said Johnson , 21 .
22 As these lectures are concerned with the role of religion I have decided to look at Marxism in terms of two triads — one of commitment and the other of outcome .
23 I have chosen to look at these two particular books because both struck me as very vivid accounts of what the authors foresee in the future and they tackle primarily the serious repercussions of the dehumanisation of man .
24 The two books I have chosen to look at are in themselves extremely different .
25 For my GCSE Open Study I have chosen to look at the theme of obsessional love in ‘ The Collector ’ by John Fowles and ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald .
26 I have continued to stay at the Abbey of Holy Rood involved in the matter assigned to me .
27 After playing it I came to the conclusion that it was one of the biggest pile of dog 's droppings I have had to look at while researching this feature .
28 In that context I have had to look at the definition of a specific issue order which is contained in section 8(1) of the Act and I know , from talking to those who have been concerned with this Act and are familiar with it , that they have no doubt at all as to what that definition means .
29 Since opening the new account I have had to make at least six unnecessary visits to the bank because the system was not working properly , thus wasting your time and mine .
30 But before you do you 've got to look at the material in the working file .
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