Example sentences of "[vb past] i have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 2 | John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Even though you thought I was fond of Simon , even though you believed I 'd felt bad about cheating on him ? ’ she protested . |
| 4 | And then I 'd I 'd had enough and then he started messing about and he started pushing the boxes down through my strapper then , course that messed the strapper up ! |
| 5 | Imagine if he found out that the frock I claimed I 'd bought two years ago in a closing-down sale had , in fact , arrived in my wardrobe a little over two weeks ago , having been purchased from a smart department store ? |
| 6 | Robert reckoned I 'd dropped thirty or forty thousand pounds . ’ |
| 7 | I had thought it all through ; I reckoned I had covered all possibilities . |
| 8 | Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority |
| 9 | But then I decided I had broken enough hands tonight . |
| 10 | I decided I 'd caused enough mayhem for one day . |
| 11 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 12 | Though it was when I heard her using bad language to my housekeeper and being unwarrantedly rude to Ivo that I decided I 'd had enough of the woman . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , then I think it probably had us confused for a while , whilst we were just trying to decide who should do writing and who should do what , but then I decided I 'd chose two people , and then we started cutting things out so then that , that went okay then . |
| 14 | In fact , the four cooking apples should have been five , but our continuing cashflow problems meant I had to disguise one of them as the reserve match ball . |
| 15 | I felt I had gained enough experience and as I was having the baby it all tied in together . ’ |
| 16 | I felt I had won several different things at the same time , including my war against the Portuguese Federation . |
| 17 | I felt I had to get clear early on if I were to have any real chance . |
| 18 | Oh I knew I 'd said that one wrong . |
| 19 | Cos I knew I 'd got enough to give you back , that 's why I wanted to borrow it |
| 20 | But I knew I had become involved in something too uniquely bizarre to miss , or to spoil , through lack of patience or humour . |
| 21 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 22 | I knew I had to approach that silent figure . |
| 23 | You know , in that horrible time when I first knew I had to have this operation . |
| 24 | So I knew I had to avoid that . |
| 25 | The thing is I knew there was Meg Ryan in the film and I thought I 've seen that actor cos I 'm , I 'm always on about knowing faces and names and stuff |
| 26 | You said you 'd see other cards with one N and er I thought I 've put two Ns |
| 27 | I thought I had made that plain . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I thought I had made that clear , ’ said Wheeler with no attempt at all to disguise his contempt for the Archdeacon . |
| 29 | I thought I had become used to being alone , and to the idea that I would always be alone , but I was wrong . |
| 30 | She thought I had inherited all Miss Lockwood 's property . |