Example sentences of "i [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 4 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |
| 5 | I noticed how he had slipped his feet under the exposed roots of trees — themselves held in the grasp of the hollow . |
| 6 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 7 | I guessed why she had brought me round into the shadow . |
| 8 | And er I know when I had experience in the past , last New Year , the District Council 's come out on behalf of the residents . |
| 9 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 10 | I remember how he had fought Stockton-on-Tees six times . |
| 11 | Only later did I wonder why it had been so important to tell Helmut I was returning to London . |
| 12 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 13 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 14 | I had got one souvenir and if not identifiable with the shed , at least I knew where it had come from . |
| 15 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 16 | I knew when I had played the best game on the rugby field . |
| 17 | I understood why I had been urged to hurry . |
| 18 | I remembered how I had walked with him only a few days before . |
| 19 | I wondered when they had known each other and why the parents had never mentioned the affair to me ? |
| 20 | I wondered where it had got to . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wondered where you had got to . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You look well , Lili , ’ he remarked , also without warmth , and I wondered why they had ever been friends since they did n't like each other . |
| 23 | I wondered why he had said that , and I understood . |
| 24 | There were many times when I wondered why I had agreed to research and write this book — it was anything but straightforward — more like doing a jig-saw puzzle without seeing the picture . |
| 25 | I wondered why I had n't thought of this before . |
| 26 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 27 | At times I wondered why I had ever embarked upon my personal research study . |
| 28 | I wondered how it had happened that so many men owed Félix money . |
| 29 | More than anything , I wanted Paradouze to help me understand why I had suffered . ’ |
| 30 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |