Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] i had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fortnight or so after I had dictated it in October 1971 , I had a telephone call from Harold Wilson to know whether I had read Wigg 's memoirs , and was I aware of the very personal attacks on him and Marcia Williams ? |
| 2 | One day , a year or so after I had landed at Heathrow , I was playing football in the playground , chasing the ball over the yard in the way of primary school kids , when a teacher , Mr Wright came up to me . |
| 3 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |
| 4 | I could not remember what she was saying , nor even if I had understood her , but I knew that what she was saying must be , in some sense , significant . |
| 5 | But the bright eyes of danger beckoned again , and sooner than I had expected . |
| 6 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 7 | and partly because I had to have an operation which meant that it would n't be easy for me to live in the flats any longer . |
| 8 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 9 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 10 | And even if I had known , as a DIA agent the only person I would have told was Control . |
| 11 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 12 | And yet again he let the silence come , as if the silence would answer my questions better than he could himself ; but just when I had decided he would not answer , he spoke . |
| 13 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
| 14 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 15 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 16 | As soon as I had seen this reading of the phrase it at once seemed more plausible . |
| 17 | As soon as I had gone they were back . |
| 18 | I regretted the last statement as soon as I had said it . |
| 19 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 20 | " As soon as I had realized what he had said I returned home again immediately . " |
| 21 | As soon as I had cut the tape the bottom volume dropped into my lap . |
| 22 | She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed . |
| 23 | I was determined to return as soon as I had taken my degree , to follow the Awash river into the fabulous Sultanate of Aussa and discover how and where it ended . |
| 24 | And as soon as I had admitted this , it suddenly seemed despicable to me . |
| 25 | As soon as I had finished speaking , the small emergency wireless station was dismantled , and I rushed back to my two sergeants to get ready to leave . |
| 26 | As soon as I had settled him down , I rang the doctor . |
| 27 | But as soon as I had left the building , James and the Old Man and all the ties and affections of my ex-job began to blur . |
| 28 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |
| 29 | I telephoned him as soon as I had read the article , and told him that he is facing a very heavy fine for talking to the Press without my permission . |
| 30 | As soon as I had read this , I asked Mr Edgar if I could take a message from him to his sister . |