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 .
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