Example sentences of "[pron] had [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had for too long been conscious only of my own concerns , but now I became aware that those around me were troubled and at odds . |
| 2 | The government 's Chief Medical Officer , Dr Henry Yellowlees , was the son of a distinguished psychiatrist , whom I had on more than one occasion retained as an adviser in private practice . |
| 3 | If I had to just put put it out and nothing else I would n't mind . |
| 4 | When I started I had to right back to the very beginning and start from three letter words . |
| 5 | Finding things the reverse , at first I had to consciously think switch down for slow down . |
| 6 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 7 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 8 | ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep . |
| 9 | I had to practically draft the report myself ! ’ |
| 10 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 11 | We had to pay , I did my arm in and I had to damn well pay |
| 12 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 13 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 14 | I , I had to really stop meself . |
| 15 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 16 | If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain . |
| 17 | I remember feeling really happy when I was told I had at least six or seven years to live . |
| 18 | Feeling pleased that I had at least negotiated the day 's essentials , and the afternoon being well advanced , I thought it would be good to have a more leisurely look round Wenceslas Square and find somewhere to eat . |
| 19 | This was due , no doubt , to the fact that though I motored further and further from the house , I continued to find myself in surroundings with which I had at least a passing acquaintance . |
| 20 | I reckoned that I had at least one brigade of white cells on the start line with other brigades available as required . |
| 21 | I would want someone that was on my wavelength , roughly my age , preferably a supporter , and I would n't sign anything until I had at least a serious gentleman 's agreement that nothing could be issued without the artist 's agreement . |
| 22 | I had hardly even drawn before ; my attempts were inept , but I fumbled on until I had at least mastered the proportions of the human body ’ . |
| 23 | I had by now recovered my scattered senses and after finishing off my enjoyable meal of pie and peas and my second pint , I thanked my kind new-found friends and left the hospitable Railway bar to walk back down to where my trusty old Morris Minor was parked . |
| 24 | that I had in there ? |
| 25 | In that collapse , the European Social Democratic parties , which had for so long bravely vowed to prevent war between their respective States , lined up with the belligerents ; the second International collapsed , another casualty of the trenches of northern France . |
| 26 | A disciplined , regular army was about to drive the gunmen from streets which had for so long been ruled by rival guerrillas exacting their own terrible day-to-day justice . |
| 27 | Fortunately , the answer lay close at hand , in that sense of the redeeming power of personal example which had for so long been part of the mental furniture of the British middle classes . |
| 28 | The belief in Britain 's power to do good in the world , which had for so long underpinned popular internationalism , no longer seemed tenable . |
| 29 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 30 | Charles II took a personal interest it , matters relating to mining and it is reported that he united the old Mines Royal and the Soc. of Mineral & Battery Works which had for so long run as separate enterprises . |