Example sentences of "i have [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My back , my great white back was scored with thirty or forty sharp red welts , regularly patterned , as if I 'd slept on a bed of nails . |
| 2 | Do I have to put on a special overall or something ? |
| 3 | Afterwards , I had to lie on a bed in a dark room . |
| 4 | But data stores , I had stumbled on a case of data suppression . |
| 5 | I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time . |
| 6 | Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being . |
| 7 | ‘ For me , I was in the place which I had seen on a globe as a girl — where the pin went through it ! |
| 8 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 9 | I was also misled by work I had done on a simple model of the universe in which the collapsing phase looked like the time reverse of the expanding phase . |
| 10 | It was during the filming of the opening titles for the last ‘ Marti ’ series for the B.B.C. Dressed in a red chiffon evening gown , high heels and lead-weighted knickers , I had to sit on a rock at the bottom of a tank full of sharks , smiling and brushing my hair , while Duncan swam past with a plywood plaice bearing the immortal words ‘ End of Part One ’ ( it could have been the end of several parts ! ) . |
| 11 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 12 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 13 | He handed me the seventeenth-century pamphlet , which I had left on a table on the landing . |
| 14 | I had put on a show of contrition all day , and behind it had been incomprehension and fright . |
| 15 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 18 | I 've gone on a bit but |
| 19 | I 've seen out in the street mountive er mounted police charging down rather like the Battle of Balaclava and inside the station problems arising and it 's nasty to be involved and in those days I 've travelled on a Saturday afternoon often . |
| 20 | The best boxing game I 've played on a home computer is 4D Sports Boxing , again from Mindscape , which uses 3D vector graphics . |
| 21 | Even close up the Mad Axe still has an air of quality about it and the finish is one of the best I 've seen on a Korean guitar . |
| 22 | I know , but , mum that , that was , that was five years ago , I mean I 've moved on a great deal since then |
| 23 | I 've trodden on a thistle . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've worked on a lot of great albums and this is right up there with them . |
| 25 | Do n't want to ever come back ; can you phone Chambers and tell them I 've perished on a mountain , and then I can change my identity , and disguise myself as one of the locals and no-one will be any the wiser . |
| 26 | I remember a little boy , I 've got on a picture with me he was a very very poor child and he made the best gloves in the class and it was a real sort of accolade for him . |
| 27 | And one of one of the things that I 've got on a regular basis is the many of the things Harlow Council put on like pop concerts country and western have actually been used by people who who perhaps live outside of Harlow so the Council are now looking at a charging policy but also we should also gon na introduce into the theatre is the leisure card which actually includes that the people actually live in the town local and the reproductional sort of show if they can do so they should buy . |
| 28 | I 'm a pensioner , and er I have to exist on a very very low |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I look at myself and what I have achieved on a time-scale of every two years . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll think of something , even if I have to put on a show myself . ‘ |