Example sentences of "[vb base] i had [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I mean I had so I it did help .
2 Sometime during the night , I was woken by my cold feet , a warm weight on my chest and the loudest purr I had ever heard .
3 I wanted to know why she thought I would be the least bit interested in all that drivel I had just had to sit through .
4 This was by far the best bigjob I had ever achieved .
5 She was only about seventeen , with the most beautiful little face I had ever seen .
6 I suppose I had finally grown into it . ’
7 I suppose I had always imagined Yggdrasil as a vast , dispassionate Intelligence , juggling its million programs and thinking deep thoughts to itself .
8 ‘ Well , ’ said the young man modestly , ‘ I suppose I had quite a reputation .
9 Oh well , I suppose I had better make a start with the Christmas shopping .
10 ‘ I suppose I had better go , to keep an eye on you , ’ Ratagan said absently , but he was grinning .
11 I suppose I had better try ! ’
12 I suppose I had better make a move to get some clothes on you think ?
13 ‘ I think I had already been married and divorced at Kate 's age .
14 Well I think I had more problems when I was making films as a pop singer , because I was still pop singing as well and it was difficult to disassociate the two .
15 I think I had quite good taste .
16 ‘ Well , if everyone is all right , I think I had better go into the office today .
17 I think I had better go home .
18 We do not want to lose any explorers of the quantum world on the way so I think I had better issue a survival kit before we start .
19 ‘ I think I had better go . ’
20 ‘ I … think I had better tell you what happened ; I would n't like you to entertain any wrong thoughts . ’
21 Wish I had somewhere to hide .
22 But I wish I had just stayed a worker ,
23 I wish I had just half the strength of those
24 ‘ Now there are people around who are saying , ‘ I wish I had never bothered taking a picture of Kylie Minogue ’ , ’ he added ruefully .
25 ‘ I wish I had never been born , there or anywhere else ! ’ she said quietly .
26 Oh , I sometimes wish I had never been born ! ’
27 I wish I had as few reservations .
28 Only , I wish I had ever shown some sign of affection ; I wish I had perhaps written to her — even if only a card ( and even though I was rather far down in the family hierarchy ) .
29 Only , I wish I had ever shown some sign of affection ; I wish I had perhaps written to her — even if only a card ( and even though I was rather far down in the family hierarchy ) .
30 I just had to say that is beautiful and I wish I had more words to describe it , but I have n't yet .
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