Example sentences of "i have [verb] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm to stay with my friend , you remember , I told you I 'd met her last week ? |
| 3 | The hose was where I 'd left it last summer , not neatly stored but tangled in a corner , its untidy coils covering a rake , a batch of canes and a pair of long-handled shears . |
| 4 | ‘ We play in the same position and I thought I 'd proved myself last season . |
| 5 | I 'd had my first experience with American enterprise . |
| 6 | I said , actually , I 'd ordered his first I said , but I thought I 'd treat you . |
| 7 | I mean , I myself , for instance , after I 'd published my first book on psychoanalysis in nineteen eighty was summoned to the House of Commons by and given a dinner , in the House of Commons Restaurant , which is n't very good actually , least it was n't then , and effectively I was told by this great man was , noticed , had a very high opinion of his own ego , that erm , you know the left was in charge of psychoanalysis in this country , and had better conform or shut up . |
| 8 | I had visited it last year out of curiosity . |
| 9 | Although upright and looking much younger than her years , she seemed to have changed a great deal from when I had seen her last , and she wore a slightly dazed expression ( as well she might , I told myself , considering her age and the difficulty of her situation ) . |
| 10 | I thought of Aunt Louise as I had seen her last , sitting upright in her plastic-covered armchair . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew I had landed my 100th winner , ’ Charlie told me ‘ but I never expected the sort of reaction I received from the crowd . |
| 12 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 13 | Before that , in 1963 , I had published my first article — also on an aspect of the language of advertising . |
| 14 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 15 | Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre . |
| 16 | But I had learned my first lesson . |
| 17 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 18 | It was the day I had taken my last exam in my finals so I was on a high anyway . |
| 19 | I had won my first major title . |
| 20 | I met my teacher 's teacher once , fairly soon after I had finished my first instruments . |
| 21 | I 'll marry one when I 've made my first million , and we 'll run an enormous model farm . |
| 22 | I 've finished my 573rd . |
| 23 | I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything , ’ he says . |
| 25 | ‘ Not until after I 've had my first sip of coffee , ’ she said . |
| 26 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 27 | That 's all you can put it down to Mick , I , I 've put , I 've put their first two goals on in training this morning , and said ‘ go on , score from two throw ins ’ , and it 's impossible , it is impossible . |
| 28 | ‘ But I 've been travelling hopefully in the meanwhile , ’ he said , ‘ and I 've got my first catalogue and two books ready . ’ |
| 29 | Now I have to put you first on the list instead of me . |
| 30 | I have received your last letter of November 23rd . |