Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 2 | Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there . |
| 3 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 5 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You were cold and I had to get you warm . |
| 7 | It might have sounded embarrassing if I had said it , ’ I smiled . |
| 8 | I still was n't quite sure if I had got it quite right . |
| 9 | ‘ My mother is almost here and she would be startled if I had to kiss you into silence . |
| 10 | She is smaller and less intimidating than I had imagined her . |
| 11 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 12 | I knew you were heading for Dublin , knew which hotel , because Donal had made a great point of telling me , and so , when the dinner I was at proved to be as boring and interminable as I had known it would , I left . |
| 13 | And then he was very er well now I 'm sorry after he 'd put all the hard work with me , he was very very annoyed and disappointed that I had let him down so . |
| 14 | He had asked me for a photograph of myself when I was young and I had told him to go around and get it from Mandy . |
| 15 | I was surprised that I had made it this far . |
| 16 | He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion . |
| 17 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |