Example sentences of "i really had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really had no idea if this was true . |
| 2 | ‘ I really had no idea ! ’ |
| 3 | I really had to borrow the fare here . ’ |
| 4 | If I really had it , I 'd be dead by now . ’ |
| 5 | I really had thought she would go berserk , but she just trembled from head to toe , and was only calmed slightly by the sound of my voice . |
| 6 | Before I became involved in business , I really had very few goals — with the result that I did n't get very far . |
| 7 | To Black Cab drivers reading this with a told-you-so expression , I really had spent half an hour trying to flag one down ! |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It 's been great , the ball really did turn and I really had to concentrate on every ball . ’ |
| 9 | I really had nothing useful to say , so I responded with a sympathetic noise that only made Robin-Anne shake her head impatiently . |
| 10 | I really had n't taken much notice of it before , in detail , I mean . ’ |
| 11 | And I was going to sell it to Harrods , it 's such an awful book , I really had decided to sell it to Harrods . |
| 12 | I shrank away from him , feeling a coldness run out all over me as if I really had died . |
| 13 | But I must admit I really had a go at one nonce and felt so guilty afterwards , after she explained to me what had happened . |
| 14 | Two years ago , I really had very little time to myself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Maggie started going at me about whether I really had finished the affair yet . |
| 16 | My favourite film of late was Ghost — I really had a good old cry at that . |
| 17 | Next day I did n't feel so bad and I made an appearance for a charity — I really had to do it — then went to visit a relative the following day . |
| 18 | But now that Gharr had taken Mala away — and had probably been enjoying her , as he 'd quaintly put it — I 'd began to see that I really had no choice . |
| 19 | I really had the most constructive feedback from the questionnaires returned by you and Robert . |
| 20 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 21 | I really had a go at that . ’ |
| 22 | I think I will look back on this day and think , I really had quite a distressing haircut did n't I , but also that this was the first day I was introduced to the humour of Vic and Bob . |
| 23 | If I really had the courage of my convictions , I reasoned , I ought to redress the balance at least slightly . |
| 24 | I 've got two young sons as well , erm they two got took off me into foster care , and that was when I really had to decide it was the either the drugs or the children . |
| 25 | Erm then on the seventeenth erm we had our part at my house , it was very enjoyable as always , but to be honest I almost collapsed , I really had had it by then . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think I really had any doubts about them , ’ she said slowly at last . |
| 27 | And , I really had to answer these questions . |
| 28 | Before we had we bought a house and so I really had to come back to work because we needed my wages and erm the creche was just being brought out so I knew there was a chance of coming back . |
| 29 | I really had to decide that I was going to , you know , it was really worth going . |
| 30 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |