Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understood that you might like me better if I had experience , if I did n't have opinions about things I knew nothing about . … ’ |
| 2 | I wanted him to tear it from me so that I had no excuses . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was in Dinosaur I never though I had any real talent . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 5 | I was so outraged at this preposterous suggestion , that I got excited and was in danger of making a scene , but Philip Corder and Ian Richmond quietly took me away until I had cooled down . |
| 6 | Jordi was waiting for me outside after I had a bath and changed my clothes for dinner . |
| 7 | Strangely , it was as though the wave had chosen me more than I had chosen it . |
| 8 | ‘ Would you like me more if I had some schooling , Seb ? |
| 9 | Bill made a determined effort to push me aside and I had to let him . |
| 10 | ‘ It was the last day of school and I had intended to phone you later although I had n't decided what to say . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 12 | Erm , so that I apparently would be still me even if I had completely different desires , tastes , er preferences er so on and so forth . |
| 13 | I assured him truthfully that I had been impressed by his skill and speed , and I thought his results marvellous . |
| 14 | ‘ Put it this way , there would be an entirely different figure on him now if I had to name a price , even though he is 32 in January . |
| 15 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 16 | She had described them earlier and I had known what she meant . |
| 17 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd enjoy it more if I had the tools … but yes , I do . |
| 19 | He had hit it once and I had taken my hand out from under my chin preparatory to ducking when Paul , the bomb and its little halo-pool and everything else for about ten metres around suddenly vanished inside a climbing column of sand and steam and flying rock , lit just the once from inside , in that blindingly brief first moment , by the high explosive detonating . |
| 20 | Well I by good luck have had some copies of the petition sent down to me , so I started it , it immediately and I had in the first they made over one thousand one hundred and twenty five signatures . |
| 21 | In any case , I 'd do it even if I had a job . |
| 22 | It cost us £50,000 to get Eva back , but I 'd spend it again if I had to . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't remember me either if I had a man like Roman Wyatt at my beck and call , ’ Myra said , grinning as Claudia blushed . |
| 24 | Well , I would ban them too if I had my way . |
| 25 | Our friendship had brought us closer than I had ever been with anyone before . |