Example sentences of "i have [verb] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager .
2 I 'd used the same plan as the previous day , but must have forgotten to change persons on board from two to one — dickhead !
3 Thus I learned that Chaplin was dead and so was Elvis ( I 'd thought the former long since gone but this intelligence of Presley startled me ) , that Iranians had held Americans hostage , administered show trials and televised humiliation ; that a geriatric cowboy had become President of the mightiest nation on earth all in all , show biz news .
4 As usual I just wished I 'd ordered the same as her : a bowl of smoked bacon and Roquefort cheese salad with garlic croutons .
5 Of course , I had reached the same conclusions but he was always better at presenting the facts .
6 During the war I had felt the same about those they were attacking , the brave men of the Allied merchant fleets .
7 ‘ But , darling , suppose I had done the same when I was expecting you ?
8 I had thought the same thing .
9 I had underlined the few shady connections which made it into the open .
10 There was no water-borne sanitation , and every other day Tidey and I had to empty the few sanitary buckets , burying their contents in holes dug in the garden , as well as trying to keep the houses clean and collecting fruit and vegetables .
11 I came home quite convinced that I 'd never met anyone since that I had had the same feeling for .
12 I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years .
13 ‘ I like to think I 've achieved the former , but I ca n't get promotion in five months . ’
14 But I 've said the same before , only to hear someone use the same gadget and get a monster sound .
15 I 've said the same to meself , but the way we are fixed … well , we could n't do much else . ’
16 I 've stayed the same as I was before but now it 's all right to be what I was before .
17 I 've seen the same kind of thing in the Sorcery Chambers at Tara .
18 Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf .
19 But I 've , what I 'm saying Rod is I 've done the same thing
20 I 've been I 've been advised chair that I 've made the same mistake as you did so .
21 I 've shared the same ball as Waqar and Wasim all series , so why have n't I had the same degree of success ?
22 I 've had the same look for the last 7–8 years and during that time I 've put on some weight .
23 I 've had the same dream , ’ she said .
24 I 've had the same sort of experience in Germany where Everybody 's Somebody 's Fool was re-released and was a big hit all over again . ’
25 ‘ I must admit I was a little anxious before we started because I 've looked the same for years — but now I 'm very happy with my new style .
26 I 've used the same numbers for years
27 ‘ Look , if I live next door to an enemy and he has a knife , a gun and a machine gun and I 've got the same , I 'm not going to chuck mine before he chucks his .
28 I think if you ask any housewife , if they 're honest , they 'll turn round and say they feel like a drudge half the time — everybody thinks when they get up in the morning ‘ Oh no , I 've got the same old things to do today , till I go to bed tonight . ’
29 Can I just a minute , because I 've got the same feeling .
30 resources and her own houses in America , and I 've got the same thing here .
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