Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the bills were dropping on to the doormat and I felt I had no choice . |
| 32 | It was bound to worry her , as he was still a patient and I felt she had more than enough on her plate already without my adding anything . |
| 33 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 34 | She was breathing quickly , and I realized she had run by a quicker way to get ahead of me . |
| 35 | We galloped along the sand , and I knew what had happened long before we reached the rocks where the King lay . |
| 36 | For all the senator 's affability he was a proud man and I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help and I also knew I could not refuse him . |
| 37 | I knew more or less where he was and I knew he had not been recaptured — that was all . |
| 38 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 39 | You looked back at me , and I knew I had to follow you . |
| 40 | Again you just looked at me , and I knew I had to do as you had done , so I stretched out my right hand and touched the bones , which were slightly sticky . |
| 41 | But then eventually the surroundings grew unrecognizable and I knew I had gone beyond all previous boundaries . |
| 42 | She was built like a javelin thrower , but she blushed and I knew I had been in good hands . |
| 43 | I saw guys around my age [ in their forties ] dying around me from abuse , and I knew I had to quit to survive . |
| 44 | And I knew I had found my spiritual home . |
| 45 | And I knew I had been a child when I first came to live with him . |
| 46 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 47 | He did not change expression , but an eyebrow flickered and I knew I had him . |
| 48 | And I knew I had him . |
| 49 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 50 | and I knew I had orders for them all , Katriane . |
| 51 | The black man momentarily took off his sunglasses as though to examine Ellen more closely and I saw he had very hard and very cynical eyes that were suddenly turned full on me . |
| 52 | The people who were lived behind Ann there 's a yo young couple in there I think he beat her up , I mean that I wanted to go round me , because I know what it felt like and I wished somebody had come and help me . |
| 53 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 54 | And I did I had one today . |
| 55 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 56 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 57 | ‘ Next day he packed his bags and I found he had taken a load of my clothes , ’ added Kim . |
| 58 | And I found I had a room all to myself . |
| 59 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |
| 60 | However , I did not find the professional ambience all that conducive , but I knew I had to do something with my voice . |