Example sentences of "i have [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went out , I had n't even I 'd said hello to him , that was it . |
| 2 | But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah I thought I 'd seen cloud on top on the hills . |
| 4 | Stuart Balmforth , with whom I 'd done part of my National Service in the Canal Zone , was now the co-owner and a director of British Midland . |
| 5 | We had arrived in Uulaa 's system a few moments before , and as we drifted down to planetary speed I 'd contacted Frejji on the comm . |
| 6 | I had no intention of trying to explain the whereabouts of Sunil 's goods to Sunil or his henchmen until I 'd made contact with Zaria , and if she did n't come across soon there was a good chance she 'd find me hanging from a Christmas tree by the neck . |
| 7 | I 'd made love to her class of Englishwoman before , and had no particular wish to renew the experience . |
| 8 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 9 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 10 | I must also admit that I 'd lost faith at this goal ! |
| 11 | Knitting was a painful business for me , but it was absorbing , and I 'd lost track of the time when I heard crashing footsteps approaching and a determined bang on the door . |
| 12 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |
| 13 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
| 14 | It was published shortly after I 'd taken part in a time and motion study during which I 'd spoken to the man with the clip-board and asked a few pertinent questions . |
| 15 | They wanted them all back when I agreed to sell — at their price — but I said I 'd spilt coffee on some of them and thrown them away . |
| 16 | I 'd got company in the back seat . |
| 17 | That 'll be alright so cos he slid his my brief case and er I got all the way home , no problem at all , I 'd got newspaper under the back , so it did n't scratch the back when I come to come down Mill Road this lorry 's go , I mean I got the tail gate up and er I sort of looked in the mirror , I thought oh my goodness my tail gate , I could hear it so and I braked a bit sharp and that slid down and scratched along the dash board ! |
| 18 | I 'm told I 'd got arthritis in there , but that 's years ago . |
| 19 | I 'd left school in 1976 , I was unemployed and it all happened through a drama group at the Royal Court Theatre where I met people who were out . |
| 20 | ‘ I was two months pregnant and my parents said I 'd brought shame on their house and they kicked me out . ’ |
| 21 | To begin with , I 'd spent part of the night dreaming about Father — one of those long , tangled dreams with occasional moments of such lucid clarity that you can remember them in detail for years afterwards . |
| 22 | ‘ By the time it was picked up in France I 'd had toxoplasmosis in my bloodstream for two months . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd had word about it . |
| 24 | However , even if I 'd had access to the book at the time — he gave a signed copy to Mrs Goreng when he left and another to the American woman journalist , which I accounted a waste-it would not have been wise to argue . |
| 25 | I pulled at it , jiggled it , checked the zero twice and I think I would have oiled the scales if I 'd had oil with me . |
| 26 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 27 | Also I 'd had feedback from the moss chart that children enjoyed scouring the poster for tiny details , so I looked for a solution that would allow as many items as possible to be painted the same size . |
| 28 | True , I 'd had trouble with nightmares the two nights following the accident , but the medicine which Doctor Keylock brought sorted that out , and afterwards I never gave it a thought . |
| 29 | I was even glad now I 'd had trouble with the M-16 ; did n't want him thinking I was too handy with weapons . |
| 30 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |