Example sentences of "[conj] i had [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And I had unfinished business with Masha . |
| 32 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
| 33 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 34 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
| 35 | I obviously understood this very well and I had all sorts of |
| 36 | John and I had long discussions on planning applications , I shall be interested to hear |
| 37 | A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary . |
| 38 | Will the Secretary of State impress on the Prime Minister the need to raise with Mr. Yeltsin the substance of the conversation that my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) and I had last Tuesday with Mr. Bikov of the Russian Academy of Science ? |
| 39 | And three great big bins from from the they called them and I had three bins in my shed that I stored the barley in and I put the moisture extractor into them and it blew It had wee in it and it blew all the moisture out . |
| 40 | And I had three strokes on each hand for that . |
| 41 | But I remember going on it and I had those transfers on my arms |
| 42 | Well when you say cake , do n't get the wrong ideas , erm my idea of a cake , the vision that I had of a , a three tier cake , came to me as I was striding home from a meeting across The Downs and I had this vision of a three tier cake . |
| 43 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 44 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 45 | If I had one wish in the world it would be to stop all this hurt and pain I 'm causing . |
| 46 | If I had flipping cameras round me all the time I 'd tell them where to go . |
| 47 | ‘ If I had that kind of money I would try to go out and buy the best players available — I would pay the price needed as Kenny has done . |
| 48 | They asked me if I had 30 pieces of silver , to pay for my disloyalty . |
| 49 | See a certain percentage have blown in I think off the grass and if I had some sort of a |
| 50 | If I had some time on my own with them I might squeeze something out , but I 'm inhibited in front of the neighbours . |
| 51 | If I had any criticism of our organisation it would be that we have a tendency to hide our light under a bushel . |
| 52 | If I had any sense at all , I would have left then . |
| 53 | But you know that would n't matter to me ; if I had any ideas about Pete , he could be the stoker on that tramp . |
| 54 | ‘ I would never go into a match in the Premier League if I had any doubts about the injury . |
| 55 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 56 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 57 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 58 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 59 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 60 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |