Example sentences of "i have [verb] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd loved the New York Dolls . |
| 2 | It was the first time I 'd seen an SS uniform , you know . |
| 3 | I 'd seen the Illusochamber advertised — for the rich — on the galacvid . |
| 4 | I 'd seen the Himalayas in the autumn , so I was able to imagine them . |
| 5 | I do n't know how many times I 'd done the Harwich-to-London run , but the journey seemed different that day — like a well-known view captured in a freshly painted picture . |
| 6 | I 'd met the Parsons a week earlier , at an end-of-term social at the language school where I was teaching . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I 'd lost the West End part by choosing the Hamlet tour , ’ she puzzled . |
| 8 | I 'd picked the Bloomsbury address from a handful of alternatives Patterson had offered for the set-up as the easiest route and also the time , early afternoon , though in town these days the traffic was a matter of pot luck with the odds stacked on it being bad . |
| 9 | ‘ I said that when I 'd finished the Shaw book , I 'd disintegrate , ’ he told me . |
| 10 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 11 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 12 | By the time I had joined the BBC in 1969 I was three stone overweight , I drank a bottle of scotch a day and thought muesli and high fibre were feed for cattle . |
| 13 | ‘ I had seen the RAC adverts where the woman doctor breaks down and gets help straight away , ’ she said . |
| 14 | By eleven o'clock I had eaten the Kinlochewe Hotel 's packed lunch ( in lieu of breakfast ) and was bereft of all nourishment which I was greatly in need of . |
| 15 | I had noted the Clifton Suspension Bridge , a few jolly people sitting in the garden , a row of salads in the kitchen — a good photo can make a sprouting alfalfa seed look nouvelle cuisine — and the Prince of Wales signing the visitors ' book . |
| 16 | He was asleep again before I had edged the Toyota round it . |
| 17 | I was glad I had met the Mulhooleys . |
| 18 | While I had liked the Colonello very much , because of his courteous way of talking to me , I never really took to Camino — who seemed more English than the English with his stiff upper lip — although subsequently he behaved very well . |
| 19 | In Mermaids , for instance , I had to have a Boston accent . ’ |
| 20 | In Mermaids , for instance , I had to have a Boston accent . ’ |
| 21 | The round mahogany table , friend of my childhood , under whose shelter I had lain and read ; whose clawed brass feet I had cleaned every Saturday morning when young , and then later , admiring them all the time — never having seen any other claws as fine or as lifelike as these . |
| 22 | I had passed the London Matriculation in all the necessary subjects for Oxford , Cambridge and London . |
| 23 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 24 | That was the reason why I had left the Dublin coach in County Meath , before reaching the city . |
| 25 | I had surprised the Feldwebel . |
| 26 | I came up to London last night by the last train because I had to face a Monday morning of solid Cabinet Committees . |
| 27 | Perhaps the others would blame me for deserting , I thought , but Captain Smollett would be pleased I had taken the Hispaniola , I was sure . |
| 28 | I had won the Académie 's poetry prize twice . |
| 29 | I had won the Middlesex 100 metre title , having moved back to Thames Valley Harriers . |
| 30 | I 've lost the Raistrick . |