Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I HAVE loved visiting peat bogs ever since , as a sixth-former , I first experienced the wonderful combination of springy surface and spongy sphagnum , glistening red sundews and white bog cotton that they offer . |
| 2 | Thirdly , the three payments to which I have referred formed parts of larger quarterly payments , the other parts of which were agreed to have been correctly charged . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the three quarterly payments to which I have referred formed parts of larger quarterly payments , the other parts of which were agreed to have been correctly charged . |
| 4 | I have taught degree-level physics in both a modular and non-modular form . |
| 5 | I have seen Koi survive and thrive in the most unlikely ponds , providing their owners provide knowledgeable TLC , and I have witnessed good carp caught by anglers using rods apparently fit only to support runner beans . |
| 6 | Through being a regular reader of The Artist I have achieved considerable success as an artist , selling most of my work through clubs and local exhibitions . |
| 7 | It is in terms of such a paradigm — broadly conceived , and preferred among the diverse methodological orientations that I discussed in the Introduction for its greater fruitfulness and explanatory potential — that I have analysed political movements , change and conflict throughout this book ; and in these final pages I should like to consider briefly the contribution it can make to understanding the present state of the world and its likely evolution in a medium-term future of two or three decades . |
| 8 | I do not consider he or she a terrible mistake which I will regret for the rest of my life , and I do n't feel I have lost important years of my adolescence . |
| 9 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 10 | Although he refrained from endorsing any of his Democratic rivals , he sought to retract some of his recent attacks upon them , stating that " I have exercised political hyperbole on occasion and called them unelectable , but with each passing day it is clear to me that the only unelectable politician running for office is George Bush " . |
| 11 | I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump . |
| 12 | ‘ I have asked English Nature and the Countryside Commission for advice on priorities should it prove possible to designate new ESAs , ’ he said after the meeting . |
| 13 | But , having said this , I must admit that I have favoured familiar species or , at least , species that are relatives of familiar species . |
| 14 | The particular starting assumptions by which I have characterised classical criminology in Chapter 1 concern the nature of human beings and their relationship with crime and conformity . |
| 15 | On housing , I have increased Scottish Homes ' grant in aid next year by £27 million compared with 1991-92 planned expenditure — excluding repayments to the national loans fund — more than double the rate of inflation . |
| 16 | As I explained in my statement on 27 November , I have undertaken intensive discussions with a wide range of major and conflicting interest groups on possible ways of reforming the Sunday trading laws for England and Wales , and they will continue next year . |
| 17 | I have met wonderful doctors who really cared for their old patients , but sometimes the doctors were dismissive and rude , believing that there was little point in wasting valuable resources on the elderly as they were going to die soon anyway . |
| 18 | I have visited sixth-form colleges in Thurrock and Boston this year , and I recently addressed the annual meeting of the Association of Colleges for Further and Higher Education . |
| 19 | In this project I have invested considerable time and not a little of my own money . |
| 20 | In this project I have invested considerable time and not a little of my own money . |
| 21 | In evaluating the social prestige of each occupation I have placed special emphasis on ‘ feminine ’ rewards — that is , those dimensions of a job that have relatively high prestige within the feminine job world . |
| 22 | I have painted male models before but they tend to be a lot more angular . |
| 23 | I beg you will write to me after you get this ’ ; ‘ Pray send a line … as I should like to know how you are going on , — as I do n't forget I have owed sundry dinners to your lithographic birds . ’ |
| 24 | Striker Atkinson said : ‘ These are early days and I still do n't believe I have hit top form . ’ |
| 25 | I have suffered cut fingers while being attacked when trying to see to different things in the tank . |
| 26 | I have studied various maps of the county and a number of documents without being able to pin-point the location of this manor , but will try to place it by the clues I have been able to deduce . |
| 27 | I have received personal replies from most of them , giving me assurances that that will be done . |
| 28 | Warren responded yesterday by saying : ‘ As soon as I have received official notice from Eastwood we will do what is necessary to get the fight on . |
| 29 | I have received considerable assistance in drafting the Bill from the Government and from my hon. Friend the Minister for Roads and Traffic , who is on the Front Bench . |
| 30 | Since writing about this in New Scientist , I have received numerous letters from readers asking how they can do the same thing in Britain and Europe . |