Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] [pron] to " in BNC.
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1 | I had never used the word malai in her hearing ; now I 'd applied it to her . |
2 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
3 | ‘ but he was wearing a collar and I 'd tied him to a lamppost . ’ |
4 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
5 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
6 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
7 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
8 | I 'd got my toast and strawberry jam , I 'd treated myself to a doughnut as well , and I 'd got my bag and my money and my dreams back . |
9 | The day you joined up , she came to tell me I 'd driven you to it . ’ |
10 | Anyway , after I 'd introduced her to a few different locations and got her over the initial newness of the experience , she seemed perfectly willing to come to me . |
11 | After all these years , I 'd taken something to bits and successfully put it all back together again . |
12 | ‘ I wish I 'd told him to , to … ’ |
13 | I 'd left it to the end of the meal before I said anything about being arrested . |
14 | I 'd expected them to be quiet and reserved in their style as they are seemingly in their culture . |
15 | ‘ I wish I could tell you I 'd expected there to be . ’ |
16 | I suppose after those stories Harry told us about you being an asthmatic as a child , I 'd expected you to be delicate , a thin undersized weakling ! ’ |
17 | I 'd described it to her myself . |
18 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
19 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
20 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
21 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
22 | So , I said no , I 'd mentioned it to you and talked about it . |
23 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
24 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
25 | In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green . |
26 | ‘ You had deliberately led me to believe that you 'd picked up a stranger in Bruges , and naturally I had assumed him to be a Belgian . ’ |
27 | One night , long after the senator had chartered Wavebreaker , I had defended him to Ellen , saying that it was not Crowninshield 's fault that he had been born to wealthy parents , and that he had used his wealth well . |
28 | When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for . |
29 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
30 | ‘ Because I had invited him to my house . |