Example sentences of "i have [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm thinking about marketing my services on quality and relating to customers in a way that I 'd just begun to think of before but now it 's come right to the front . |
| 3 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 4 | cos I never entertain none of them , I 'd just used to sit there and laugh , I never spoke to David from the day everybody left . |
| 5 | Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on ! |
| 6 | I got up , I remember like I 'd just I 'd just learnt to dive off the first one like I was running down like , yes ! |
| 7 | 'cos I 'd just learnt to play this , thought it was ever so clever , and she put her hands on me hands , and she said , no , no , you must n't play that , not while we 're in uniform . |
| 8 | Came home , she came home with me , she came home with me , and I 'd just learned to play the piano , and I played that , it was , we 'd just come from Guides , you see , and I I was only young . |
| 9 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd rather hoped to enjoy the same conditions myself . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd even begun to mistake it for part of my own body , an incurable growth that I 've got to learn to live with . |
| 12 | I 'd even begun to fail in bed . |
| 13 | I wish I 'd not had to lie to my poor Norman , but he did n't question my story about a long-lost godchild and assured me he had no need of my money . |
| 14 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 15 | I 'd already begun to realise something was wrong , but then they confirmed it . |
| 16 | Yeah , it was alright but I 'd I 'd more or less just met your mom then you see and I 'd already arranged to go skiing . |
| 17 | I was in Nassau on business today but could n't keep my mind on it because I 'd already decided to come up here tonight and be with you . |
| 18 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd never wanted to respond to a man before ! ’ |
| 20 | I 'd never had to live like that before . |
| 21 | ‘ I have learned so many things I wish I 'd never had to learn . |
| 22 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
| 23 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 24 | It was what I 'd always wanted to happen but thought never would . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd always wanted to work with Mutt Lange ; I 've actually tried to work with Mutt since 1984 , but he was always busy on a project , but he wanted to do it and it was the right time for both of us . |
| 26 | Dave : I 'd always tended to shy away from them , like , because like I say I think it 's the fear of the unknown , what you 've been told . |
| 27 | What I 'd really meant to say was : Can I go home now ? |
| 28 | It was ironic , I thought , that for the expedition for Gareth and Coconut I 'd deliberately chosen to aim for a spot on the map that looked as remote from any road as possible . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd only intended to fix myself a light snack and get an early night . |
| 30 | ‘ Did n't you say I 'd only got to come an' see yer if the geezer got awkward ? ’ |