Example sentences of "and i had go " in BNC.

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1 Her first commission came about quite casually : ‘ My husband and I had gone to stay with friends and they asked me to do a charcoal drawing of their Dachshund , Rosy .
2 Joanne had handled the set-up of the press conference in Glasgow and I had gone on to Newcastle Airport to meet the plane there .
3 It might have been for her , but I thought she could have shown some gratitude , considering the work her stepmother and I had gone to .
4 ‘ Close them , ’ she had cried , ‘ you 'll let in the dust ’ , and I had gone down to drink citron pressé with her in the shade .
5 My mother had looked cheerful and I had gone to bed seeing her cheerful face .
6 He also agreed to tell the Stapletons that Holmes and I had gone to London , but that we would return to Devonshire soon .
7 During the last week of the month Olivia and I had gone to stay outside Delhi , in a fort just over the Rajasthani border .
8 Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge .
9 and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out .
10 ‘ We saw it go in , ’ said Lyle , ‘ but we could not find it and I had to go back and play three off the tee . ’
11 ‘ I was one of the richest people in the country , and I had to go to the bank to borrow money to buy my house , ’ recalls Koch .
12 I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war .
13 But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world .
14 On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it .
15 ‘ My mind ’ , she said ‘ was set on going and I had to go . ’
16 He eventually let go of me and I had to go the bottom of the baths and bring him to the surface , take him to the side and get him breathing again , and I was considered a failure for that .
17 Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful .
18 By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again .
19 They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’
20 We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on .
21 We came on a , I think it was on a Friday or Saturday morning and I had to go back Sunday night , cos I was on duty on the Monday back in Plymouth , and I did a month in Plymouth , er , a month or five weeks no longer , and I came up each weekend to see them , my wife was left there then .
22 Her husband died in a car accident and I had to go and tell his wife .
23 You see there 'd been the nineteen fourteen eighteen War , then there 'd there was the strike , and er I started to work and I had to go to work .
24 And I had to go back to Norwich the next morning with a load .
25 I was to be one of these victims , and I had to go afternoon after hot afternoon to learn to embroider in a room that even with the windows open was almost completely airless , trying to keep my eyes open while I stitched and listened to endless gossip .
26 And we had four casters in the works and I had to go and sort out the , I 'll tell you about the find the castings that these men wanted for their lot , take them down to the castors and tell them in priority which I wanted , you know and er all that sort of thing and erm I had n't used to do any , making any locks hardly at the end , you know I had , I had before but er if I might say so , er I became mo the most important man on the factory , you know .
27 ‘ Dick had a meeting with some Church Army people and I had to go and help with the coffee so I missed Paul coming out . ’
28 Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district .
29 I had to keep the fire going for example and I had to go and get er some e Eccles cakes for Uncle Jonathan for his tea .
30 My seven younger brothers and I had to go to work to help our mother . ’
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