Example sentences of "[adj] that i had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 2 | To my astonishment the words came flooding back , and for some ten minutes , while the train lay cocooned in a web of silence and darkness , I continued my singing , grateful that I had the compartment to myself . |
| 3 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 4 | I knew that I wanted neither , but was n't sure that I had the strength or conviction to refuse them should they be prescribed . |
| 5 | honestly felt a wee bit nervous at the start just to make sure that I had the structure , that , that , I think that was the whole crux of the thing . |
| 6 | I am still rather surprised that I had the good sense for once in my life to follow my hunch and come and see you . |
| 7 | I think main that I had the chance to work with a very good choral society . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's true that I had the opportunity to be alone in the office , and we both know that I was angry and said a lot of things in the heat of the moment … but would I really be this vindictive ? ’ |