Example sentences of "i have [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madam Chairman , you will know that I have written a number of letters . |
| 2 | I have lost a number of fish , which were completely covered with them . |
| 3 | ‘ I have devised a number of exquisite tortures for little boys who break bottles ’ he wrote , ‘ such as circumcising them with the jagged fragments ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time , I have asked a number of questions which I , if I may so , have not been answered . |
| 5 | Indeed I detect a genuine and growing support for Agriculture in schools , evident from pupils and their parents , whenever leadership is given by an enthusiastic teacher , and I have met a number of these , giving freely of their own time and sometimes of their limited funds as well . |
| 6 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
| 7 | I have received a number of dog faeces through my letterbox this week from some of our more fanatical ‘ supporters ’ after our defeats against Botham and at Sidcombe last Tuesday evening . |
| 8 | My right hon. Friend and I have received a number of representations from the Combined Heat and Power Association . |
| 9 | I have received a number of representations on that subject . |
| 10 | I have received a number of letters on the subject , and most people who are knowledgeable about the subject tell me — and I am sure that they are right — that the root cause is bad watchkeeping , mainly by merchant vessels but also occasionally by fishermen . |
| 11 | I have received a number of representations from milk producers and processors , hon. Members and members of the public . |
| 12 | I have received a number of representations recently about the Fenchurch Street line . |
| 13 | I have received a number of representations about ECGD cover for Iran and Russia . |
| 14 | I have received a number of representations from business men about the need to cut regulatory burdens . |
| 15 | The maps of the Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English ( McIntosh , Samuels and Benskin , 1986 ) show a distribution of final consonant loss also in medieval written English , and I have noted a number of examples in Havelok and other texts . |
| 16 | In the less demotic phases of my career I have given a number of lectures , most of them described as the Disraeli lectures , some as the Macmillan lecture and some even as the Macleod lecture . |
| 17 | I have seen a number where three colours are used : a burnt umber and prussian blue with an introduction of terre verte in trees and foliage . |
| 18 | Equally , the whole House will have seen for itself how far we have moved down the Order Paper today and that I have called a number of English Members on hospital trust matters . |
| 19 | ‘ I have viewed a number of plants where the inception of computer equipment is viewed as a way to further de-skill the worker , and thereby lower his wage , ’ Melman added . |
| 20 | I would also like then the information in relation to the ‘ Public Inquiry ’ head of the budget that I have requested a number of times previously — amount spent , individual commitments made but not yet received , likely costs in relation to Millerhill . |
| 21 | I have read a number of letters to the ZBS arguing in roughly the following terms : ‘ The national motto of our country is ‘ One Zambia One Nation' ’ . |
| 22 | I am happy to tell the hon. Gentleman that I have had a number of meetings with President Vassiliou during the year and that I have already met Turkish Ministers , as has my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary . |
| 23 | In addition , I have had a number of informal bilateral discussions with European Community colleagues . |
| 24 | I have had a number of informal discussions with the chairman of the Occupational Pensions Board in recent months . |
| 25 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 26 | I have included a number of screendumps so you can choose which ones you would like to use . |
| 27 | And I have got a number of family services that just do Communion . |