Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 32 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
| 33 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 34 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 35 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 36 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 37 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
| 38 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 39 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
| 40 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 41 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 42 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 43 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 44 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
| 45 | I 'd made a joke of it . |
| 46 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 47 | When he said that about kidneys and tigers I 'd felt a shock of fear . |
| 48 | I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now . |
| 49 | Er , gi I 've done that you know , when I were younger and I 'd strained a heart muscle ! |
| 50 | I remember thinking something unprintable as I flew through the air and remember wishing I 'd worn a body protector as I landed very hard . |
| 51 | We 'd played in St. Albans and I 'd met a girl there , Claire , She was the Social Secretary at the college who 'd booked us in to play . |
| 52 | I 'd drunk a bit — a tot or two — |
| 53 | ‘ I wish I 'd stayed a dancer . ’ |
| 54 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 55 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 56 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 57 | In effect , I 'd lost a day and I wondered if there had been something I 'd planned to do that Monday , like work , for instance . |
| 58 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 59 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 60 | Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence . |