Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i had [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 2 | Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take , I was gutted . |
| 3 | By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting . |
| 4 | Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing . |
| 5 | This could also be entitled Stop Press , for it occurred after I had sent the first draft to the Hon. |
| 6 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 7 | The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job . |
| 8 | Moving outside to fit the new cylinder , I noticed that I had dropped the tiny rubber washer that fitted between the cylinder and stove . |
| 9 | As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door . |
| 10 | My involvement with the tunnel did not extend to the rail link which was decided after I had left the department . |
| 11 | With coincidence being stretched a little too far , I decided to recheck my work to see if I had missed the obvious . |
| 12 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 13 | Aunt Louise 's glance slid back over her shoulder to see if I had appreciated the window ; I nodded and smiled back . |
| 14 | Only when she was out of sight and I had turned a corner did I remember that I had left the little willow leaf from her body lying upstairs on her Sophocles . |
| 15 | I cast back and suddenly found that I had hooked the bird , which had been feeding avidly , dipping and swooping over the water . |
| 16 | I was called to make a statement and later found that I had won the medal . |
| 17 | In fact 31 of us turned up to support our annual ‘ big day out ’ and enabled me to realise that I had done the correct thing in cancelling the previously booked 20 seater coach . |
| 18 | After what seemed an eternity , and was well over two hours , I felt the marsh ground underfoot change to shingle and knew that I had reached the shore . |
| 19 | I do n't think she knew the crochet lady and I 'm sure neither knew that I had perfected the art of correcting typescript undetectably ! |
| 20 | Greenslade and I had hit the floor early . |
| 21 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 22 | I wish that I had found the Opposition 's citizens charter a little more convincing , but half the ideas that they put forward in their citizens charter , as a spoiling exercise to the Government 's , were already in operation and the other half were vague promises and side-stepping some of the problems that have been created by Labour-controlled local authorities up and down the country . |
| 23 | As a consequence I really wish that I had spent the extra money and bought a slightly better machine . |
| 24 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 25 | Reg used every opportunity to take swipes at me and constantly implied that I had lost the confidence of everybody involved with the club . |