Example sentences of "i have [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
2 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
3 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
4 | ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’ |
5 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
6 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
7 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
8 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
9 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
10 | I 'd gotten myself a Herald Tribune and I sat reading it on one of the red seats there . ’ |
11 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
12 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
13 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
14 | Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste . |
15 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
16 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
17 | I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map . |
18 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |
19 | ‘ She agreed eight o'clock when I spoke to her yesterday , after I 'd offered her every other hour of the day . |
20 | I 'd forgotten what a thin face Dad had got — how old he was . |
21 | I 'd forgotten what a joy it is to have a girl-friend . |
22 | I 'd forgotten what a delicious meal tea could be ; and sitting there I felt invaded by the envy of the man who lives in an institution , and has to put up with institution meals and institution everything else , for the rich private life of the established . |
23 | By the time I 'd had her a fortnight , and she was about five weeks old , her trust in me was growing . |
24 | ‘ Now will you behave , ’ he murmured quietly , ‘ or do I have to teach you a lesson ? ’ |
25 | I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC . |
26 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
27 | In return , I described my discovery of Weimar 's system for naming streets when I had visited it a few years earlier . |
28 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
29 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
30 | Of course , it was a very nice idea , but I had seen what the Germans were doing with colour television . |