Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I had nearly dropped off to sleep when he said : " Am I too heavy ? " |
| 2 | When I became fully aware of this , I gave all of my fashionable new clothes to ‘ Oxfam ’ and fished out my old blue jeans and ‘ sloppy joe ’ jumper which I had nearly thrown out only a few weeks before . |
| 3 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
| 4 | The modem world from which I had briefly stepped aside seemed to come crowding in again . |
| 5 | I had even made up a 19 foot rod with an astronomical test curve and weighing a ton but it made no difference ! |
| 6 | I had even built up quite a good knowledge of medical terms . |
| 7 | At Eton the different houses and classrooms were spread over a large area , and in the next day or two I had somehow to find out where and when which masters were teaching me what subjects . |
| 8 | I had peripherally helped out at anti-apartheid offices , even gone on CND Easter Marches when I first came over , but it was always on the sidelines . |
| 9 | As I opened it , and looked out , I realized that it was the first time I had consciously looked out : before , I had always been hurrying by . |
| 10 | If I had n't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing , this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine . |
| 11 | I did n't look at Bob ; did n't want to see his disapproval , all too wretchedly aware that I had n't done very well . |
| 12 | Oh I wish I had n't to go out tonight |
| 13 | You see , I had just graduated to the position of providing a horse and cart , and any amount of people wanted that job so I would have lost it , maybe for good , if I had n't turned up . |
| 14 | The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . |
| 15 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
| 16 | ‘ I had n't realised just how well you were able to protect yourself ! |
| 17 | ‘ To tell you the truth , I had n't realised quite how much I 'd got in the habit of the kind of organised chaos we worked under at St Margaret 's . |
| 18 | ‘ Because he was my best friend ; because I had n't realised then that he was a compulsive gambler . |
| 19 | Fighting back in earnest now , Luce said , ‘ I had n't realised then that she was your fiancée . |
| 20 | ‘ I had n't realised how hard you have to work , and how co-ordinated you have to be with the more difficult movements . |
| 21 | ‘ I had n't realised how talented a player he is . |
| 22 | I had n't realised how tired I was till I saw that bed . |
| 23 | I needed it , I had n't realised how much . |
| 24 | I had n't realised how bad things were until the children were playing some complex fairy-tale game . |
| 25 | I had n't realised how small she was without them . |
| 26 | I had n't noticed particularly . |
| 27 | I suppose it 's always been there , but I had n't noticed before . |
| 28 | I had n't noticed before , I was too upset for details like that . ’ |
| 29 | I had n't noticed before . ’ |
| 30 | I snap , eyeing the lobsters , and observing a dozen fat oysters , discreetly arranged around them , which I had n't noticed before . |