Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 2 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 3 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 4 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 5 | I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries . |
| 6 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 7 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 8 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 9 | ‘ And then , blow me , I got offered a job at Radio One . |
| 10 | The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant . |
| 11 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 12 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 13 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 14 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 15 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 17 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 18 | Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by . |
| 19 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
| 20 | Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it . |
| 21 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
| 22 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 23 | I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown . |
| 24 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
| 25 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 26 | I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit . |
| 27 | I 'd done a painting . |
| 28 | I prayed as I 'd done a year before when Abed had attacked Bri . |
| 29 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |