I was ate the apples. vs I have eaten the apples.

Some examples from the web:

• And then Boger ate the apple.
• Didn't know you ate apples.
• As far as he knows, he ate an apple.
• And we never ate apple pie again.
• You guys ate the apple, invented pants.
• I ate the whole thing like an apple.
• I wasn't getting my due up in the Apple.
• I wasn't getting my due up in the Apple.
• The original sin wasn't eating the apple.
• You're drawn to each other like the serpent and the apple.
• In this case, we're looking for the apple.
• Ah. I hope you stayed away from the apples.
• The final event is spike the apple.
• It's always that first bite of the apple.
• Maybe we can get a second bite at the apple.
• That certainly explains how he caught the apple.
• But on that Easter Sunday, I tasted the apple.
• As did most of the apples.
• I heard it was a metaphor, like the apples.
• An experiment that would pay off in the apples.

Some examples from the web:

• Traunitz says... a worm-eaten apple.
• I've eaten my candied crab apple.
• I have eaten the Sultan's garbage... and driven the dogs off to get at it.
• We would have eaten the flower.
• Animals have eaten the hands and feet.
• We'll talk when you have eaten the arm.
• You must have eaten the muffins that Janie bought.
• If Dino was a velociraptor, he'd have eaten the Flintstones.
• The original sin wasn't eating the apple.
• Animals could have eaten the tendons and the cartilage, causing him to break apart into multiple pieces.
• I don't know how you did that. I could never have eaten the whole thing.
• Flies will have eaten the meat away.
• And I think the fourth might have eaten the fifth.
• We have eaten the majority of our stores, our best men are sick with fever, the rest will soon breed mutiny.
• They didn't think Claire would have eaten the food on her plate, anyway.
• I shouldn't have eaten the lobster at the opening at the Ritz...
• You must have eaten the ginger soup with crow
• After you have eaten the Nine-Magic pill, you'll feel fine.
• So, this snake in the grass, this Adam... already he has eaten the apple?
• Maybe you shouldn't have eaten the old burger tartare?