Example sentences of "i had [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , the clothes I had on was identical to that of P C . |
| 2 | If the race had been over 62 metres then I felt I would have won , but there are no championships at this distance so I had to be content with second place . |
| 3 | But I had to be content with a phone call . ’ |
| 4 | Nigel assured me that it would be more efficient than the wheel and produce considerably more electricity , and I had to be content with that . |
| 5 | But at the age of twelve I knew that a falconry course was way beyond my means , so for the time being I had to be content with reading about it . |
| 6 | Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew I had to be tolerant of any mechanical faults which were bound to surface during the year , ’ he says . |
| 8 | I had to be careful in the recording . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , I had to be frank with her . |
| 10 | ‘ Watching it as a professional I had to be concerned about poor defending , but the decision to play three up front certainly caused Southampton problems , ’ he added . |
| 11 | I had to be hard in those days , she thought . |
| 12 | ‘ I was suffering from a virus and was n't really fit , so all things considered I had to be happy with my performance , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I 'm not a hard person , but I had to be tough for the kid 's sake . ’ |
| 14 | Ah but I believed if I 'm going to discuss or argue about anything as regarding that I had to be interested in it . |
| 15 | In 1980 , coming back from a hospital in the States where I had been told that I ought to have an operation ( interestingly on my throat — it was as though all the tension caused by what I could not say was caught up there ) , I saw that I had to be free of this . |
| 16 | Somehow , I had to be worthy of this sacrifice ; to make my life count , if only a little . |