Example sentences of "[pers pn] had get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , she says : ‘ I wish I had gotten rid of him back then instead . ’ |
| 2 | A few days ago I had gotten ill and my legs still feel like thin stilts . |
| 3 | In fact , things were going rather well for me and I had gotten engaged to a very nice girl , Jane Wilde . |
| 4 | The problems I had getting Dawn used to my family were made worse for two reasons . |
| 5 | What a job I had getting him pulled out . |
| 6 | I had got so used to the straight criss-crossing North-South , East-West roads of most American cities that I would have to acquire a taste for the more complex and possibly much more fascinating spread of London lanes . |
| 7 | I still was n't quite sure if I had got it quite right . |
| 8 | I had got to the stage with one particular chair when even a mallet and chisel was being limited by the design . |
| 9 | He came closer to jest , though perhaps not close enough , when asked about his favourite curry : ‘ I wish I had got that many runs this summer . ’ |
| 10 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 11 | Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him . |
| 12 | Now that I had got it out I leaned back in my tubular steel chair with just the suggestion of a smirk on my face . |
| 13 | When I had got my breath back , I said , ‘ Yes , we can , but it will cost three times as much and the Party will have to be responsible for getting people to come to it . ’ |
| 14 | I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video . |
| 15 | The ticket woman and I had got on famously . |
| 16 | I wished I had got in first by telling her I no longer found her sexually attractive . |
| 17 | I had got over my nerves by then ( was even thinking Travels With My Angst might not be the most suitable title for my book ) and was able to take a more even view of the handsome tour guide who had confessed to me , ‘ This has been a good trip for me . |
| 18 | ‘ I had got myself in a very foolish position . |
| 19 | I immediately set about trying to fulfil Mr Farraday 's wishes , but as you know , finding recruits of a satisfactory standard is no easy task nowadays , and although I was pleased to hire Rosemary and Agnes on Mrs Clements 's recommendation , I had got no further by the time I came to have my first business meeting with Mr Farraday during the short preliminary visit he made to our shores in the spring of last year . |
| 20 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 21 | I sat and looked at what I had got to do and in quite lateral ways determined how to do it , which was not in the way they had always done it . |
| 22 | Dick told me I had got it all wrong . |
| 23 | I should wait until I had got to the prison camp and then escape . |
| 24 | He had a nice face and I had got used to him . |
| 25 | Those X-rays , that had taken so long to photograph , that lengthy session when I had got so friendly with the big machine , had so far resulted in nothing . |
| 26 | I had got a ‘ Cavell ’ collar , and I needed it . |
| 27 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 28 | Once I had got myself unpacked , it was 5pm and the day shift girls from the various departments were coming off-duty , including two of the Met girls , Jean and Marjorie . |
| 29 | I had got first prize for guitar at the Melody Maker contest and soon I was selling stories and now I find my principal interest is still p H. |
| 30 | I had got into the habit of tensing up my left leg which I probably did , initially , when I had my accident . |