Example sentences of "that [pron] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As my week-long stay in LA unrolls , I begin to discover that everyone has decided views about Arsenio . |
2 | When the Malay leaders of Malaysia assert that the Malays are ‘ bumiputras ’ , sons of the soil , and therefore to be accorded privileges as against the Chinese and Indian Malaysians , only the unkind would point out that the Malays were also immigrants from an earlier period , and that no-one has paid attention to the claims of the real indigenous peoples , the Dayak and other tribes of the forestland . |
3 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
4 | On the other hand , something like walking past a building site in the summer in shorts is much easier now that I 've lost weight . |
5 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
6 | Erm I do n't know if I gave you , and if I did n't I need to , the things that I 've called recordings logs , that are different than meeting logs . |
7 | He shrugged , then muttered , ‘ Only the fact that I 've known women to break their word . ’ |
8 | After all that I 've left ciggies in the car . |
9 | And if they find out that I 've had cookery , I 'm dead ! |
10 | Erm , and the reports that I 've had back from the governors was that Concept Catering was so , so absolutely certain that they were the only people who could do it , that when they were faced with competition , they had n't got the faintest idea how to respond to it . |
11 | Now that I 've mentioned drugs the story suddenly sounds believable . |
12 | AND , now that I 've mentioned joints , continuing progress in developing |
13 | Now that I 've finished work I 'll probably do that for you |
14 | Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out . |
15 | I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are . |
16 | Erm to sit down , it 's alright saying that I 've got Alf and I 've got Tracey there are times when I I need to sit down and jiggle stuff about , and look at something |
17 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
18 | I 've always felt that he ought to know how I 'm feeling — to realise that I 've got problems too . |
19 | So that I 've got room to walk . |
20 | Oh it 's going great guns that I 've got Len coming |
21 | ‘ If you 've some crazy notion in that muddled excuse for a brain that I 've got designs on your person , allow me to disabuse you of it right now , ’ he told her bluntly , bringing hot , but thankfully invisible , colour to her cheeks . |
22 | I must also admit that I 'd lost faith at this goal ! |
23 | 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 . |
24 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
25 | I seemed to think that I 'd seen scores of other holy pictures just like it ; God with his fingers held funny and always with one pointing upwards . |
26 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
27 | Now that I 'd brought Jan , Cherry 's sulks might be the least of it . |
28 | And because he was sad , I put my hand on his shoulder , told him that I 'd known Billy to be a good little man ; funny , brave . |
29 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
30 | I often wished later that I had named Trotsky instead , because his principles were more in accord with the way I felt about the place by the time I left , but at that time I had never even heard of him . |