Example sentences of "i have [verb] [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 | Now I said Mr Nichol I 'd to take you to that erm but the only thing is it 's after the so I do n't know how you feel if you 'd if you would rather see a performance before the exam , or you would rather see that one after the exam , or two . |
| 6 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The day you joined up , she came to tell me I 'd driven you to it . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After all these years , I 'd taken something to bits and successfully put it all back together again . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I 'd told him to , to … ’ |
| 14 | I 'd left it to the end of the meal before I said anything about being arrested . |
| 15 | I 'd expected them to be quiet and reserved in their style as they are seemingly in their culture . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish I could tell you I 'd expected there to be . ’ |
| 17 | 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 ! ’ |
| 18 | I 'd described it to her myself . |
| 19 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
| 23 | So , I said no , I 'd mentioned it to you and talked about it . |
| 24 | Do I have to do it to the end ? |
| 25 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 28 | It would be risky , so soon after Paul 's death , but I had to do something to even up the balance . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ But I already have an assault charge hanging over me , so in the end I had to leave it to the stewards . |