Example sentences of "[adj] i had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cichlasomaniacs are all too familiar with the current confused taxonomy of their favourites , but for the uninitiated I had better explain the basic situation — even if you find taxonomy boring you may find this helpful in understanding the names currently applied to these fish . |
| 2 | It was the largest I had ever seen , split up into walled units , ten of them Ward had said , and when I reached the western limit of it I was face to face with the heaving bulk of the ocean . |
| 3 | ‘ Before all this I had never been a fisherman but I have now taken it up and am enjoying it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences . |
| 5 | We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so . |
| 6 | ‘ I am your lover 's wife , ’ she said , and then I was glad I had so little on . |
| 7 | Dealing with Francis 's belongings had been a useful excuse , when all I had really wanted was to meet with Leon Kennedy , arrange a conclusive deal . |
| 8 | The camels , palm-trees and sand were all commonplace now , as if all I had ever known was Algeria , as if Joan was only an acquaintance of my fantasies . |
| 9 | All I had ever known was that very dull — at least , now I call it dull , then it seemed secure and eternal — but life at the vicarage was dull . ’ |
| 10 | No we had a reasonably good dinner and , and we did n't want no tea when we come home , this could have been some of it cos all I had then when we did about seven o'clock when we decided we 'd have a bowl of soup , erm , we stuffed ourselves , we had toast and breakfast erm , we had one or two sweets in the hospital , er while we were waiting and then er , we went to Asda and then we got er |
| 11 | That car was all I had now it 's completely useles . |
| 12 | After all I had never been here before , there was no means of knowing . |
| 13 | After all I had never been to London and it is one 's capital city ! |
| 14 | I just thought I 'm sure I had more than that . |
| 15 | The girl brought me soup and then my trout , the best and freshest I had ever tasted , though the potatoes that accompanied it were not so good . |
| 16 | The building was the dirtiest I had ever seen , with broken windows and dusty doors . |
| 17 | The next few gybes were the first I had ever done with speed all the way through the turn , in fact , it happened so quickly that I could n't change the rig fast enough — so then I had to work on the rig change . |
| 18 | They were glow-worms , the first I had ever seen . |
| 19 | It was the first I had ever made , would you believe , and it was delicious ! |
| 20 | Two lesser kestrels , the first I had ever seen , flew to and fro above my head . |
| 21 | His wonderful book shows the number of new birds ( his wife painted them ) he found in Australia , and when with us he was much pleased with a white kangaroo-skin he preserved , the first I had ever seen . ’ |
| 22 | God be my witness , that island was the most mysterious I had ever visited . |
| 23 | All I can say is that at the time everything fitted together perfectly into so glaringly obvious a pattern that I was amazed I had never seen it before . |
| 24 | When I first set up home on my own I had so many bits of ill-assorted furniture that various friends and relatives had given me , that it was difficult to ever imagine having a beautiful home . |
| 25 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 26 | The power station was unlike any I had previously seen . |
| 27 | This portion of the ocean 's surface was also inhabited by storm petrels , but of a distinct species from any I had hitherto observed , and which I believe to be new to science . |
| 28 | At Eton the different houses and classrooms were spread over a large area , and in the next day or two I had somehow to find out where and when which masters were teaching me what subjects . |
| 29 | Similarly , when I joined AIB in 1955 I had already flown automatic coupled approaches for some months on scheduled passenger services in the Convair 340 with the auto-pilot coupled to the instrument landing system . |
| 30 | When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service . |