Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Normandy mosquitoes were the largest and most persistent that I had ever encountered . |
| 2 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 3 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 4 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 5 | The reaction of spectators was less marked than I had expected . |
| 6 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 7 | He explained so much that I had not known . |
| 8 | This apparently was so serious that I had a sudden joyous hallucination . |
| 9 | I had also never before been without a pattern to the future , and I was starting to realize that it might not all be quite so easy as I had imagined . |
| 10 | Getting into the Bristol Cancer Help Centre as a resident patient was n't quite so easy as I had imagined . |
| 11 | In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot . |
| 12 | Close up , he looked softer and less fit than I had thought , not so much rugby as darts . |
| 13 | I went to see the Postmistress and she said I 've known you all my life , so start work on Monday morning because , you see , it was so quick and I had n't got my references back from the Railway Company but that 's what she said er I can start work on Monday morning . |
| 14 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 15 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 16 | It was much better than I had anticipated — it was wonderful . ’ |
| 17 | After that they got so frequent that I had to select . ’ |
| 18 | He was n't exactly nasty to me but I was only sixteen and I had n't done many interviews , and I was nervous . |
| 19 | I was so unhappy but I had nowhere else to go so I stayed until the baby was born . |
| 20 | While I did not lose interest in this problem it became clear , after observing a series of routine cases , that medical evidence was often far less important than I had previously imagined . |
| 21 | That evening I had my first meal since leaving England eighteen hours before ; by the time the pizza , chicken stew and garlicked beans arrived from the kitchen they were cold , but I was so hungry that I had seconds , which amazed Alex . |
| 22 | Learning office skills and disciplines was less daunting than I had expected . |
| 23 | I was allowed to record each group and I found the transcribing of the tapes less arduous as I had also been able to make notes . |
| 24 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |
| 25 | They were both so pleased that I had come , by accident , to make their day perfect . |
| 26 | She is smaller and less intimidating than I had imagined her . |
| 27 | I demolished it without difficulty , though it was extremely hot and I had recourse to the water when no one was looking . |
| 28 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 29 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
| 30 | To begin with I found it almost too much to take on board , but it was all extremely thought-provoking and I had to make a decision to put my heart into it or not to bother at all ; it would have been pointless just to dip into it now and again . |