Example sentences of "i had [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This house reminds me of the cottage in Hertfordshire I had before I married , ’ she explains . |
| 2 | I could work as I had before Montaine died . |
| 3 | ‘ It was then that she showed just how avaricious she was — demanding a half-share of everything I had before she would move out . |
| 4 | I the car I had before I gave up the company car was a Mercedes Sports S L |
| 5 | And I had before I realized |
| 6 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 7 | For once I drank no wine with my meal ; it would have helped considerably , if I had but known , but it seemed wrong that one should need artificial stimulus . |
| 8 | you know , they were willing to share what I had but could give nothing financially in return . |
| 9 | This is what a girl in Borstal meant when she said to me , ‘ I gave him everything I had but it was n't enough ’ . |
| 10 | And I had but I was soon off when I got at well just past there to pull up there . |
| 11 | As a rationalist , I had but to snap my rational fingers , it might be argued , and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke . |
| 12 | And his complex emotional relationship with Elizabeth , which I had but glimpsed , made the situation that much more precarious . |
| 13 | I had but I had no intention of giving Miranda the impression I was disorganized . |
| 14 | I know everything was very very strict indeed there was nothing like it is nowadays that I had but erm |
| 15 | ‘ I ask myself every hour now if we might not have held him and still drawn off well enough if I had but kept a better watch on the road to Shrewsbury . |
| 16 | I had but erm we set off from Irene 's at half past ten you see . |
| 17 | I mean that one out there is , like the same as the one I had but it 's E F five which is fuel efficient , you know , like it 's got the extra fuel efficient , and it really is it 's good on petrol . |
| 18 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 19 | I had that Robert Mapplethorpe in the back of my cab once . ’ |
| 20 | I remember the strange feeling I had when I left the square that night , a feeling of finality . |
| 21 | The feeling I had when I rose the following morning was a strange one . |
| 22 | I remember the pleasant surprise I had when Olivia Manning , sitting next to me on some poetry-reading platform ( the ICA ? ) turned to her husband after my reading and remarked to him — a BBC radio producer — ‘ Now there 's a poet who knows how to read poetry . |
| 23 | ‘ I was only called that because all I had when I came here was my duffle coat . ’ |
| 24 | I had when I was a little girl . ’ |
| 25 | I had loved her dearly and I felt worried that I was n't feeling the way I had when my father died . |
| 26 | THE feeling I had when I pushed Zoe through the Grotto was so powerful . |
| 27 | I think back to the letters of complaint I had when a ‘ rap ’ competition was set . |
| 28 | ‘ It has to be the worst year of my career given the expectations I had when it started . |
| 29 | IN AN interview with The Independent newspaper , John Major complained of ‘ the inheritance I had when I became Prime Minister . |
| 30 | I tell them of a babysitting job I had when I was 12 . |