Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did he know that she 'd revealed his habit of farting as he came , or that I had once worn his pyjamas while she blew me ? |
| 2 | I thought I 'd either holed my shot or that I had missed the green as well . ’ |
| 3 | Or if I had been poor and friendless , with no hope of riches or success ? ’ |
| 4 | I think if I 'd had er no teeth I would n't have been able to manage at all , or if I had |
| 5 | I am still not clear whether my confidence was the product of my faith or whether I had generated a blind optimism to prevent the facts from crushing me . |
| 6 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 7 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 8 | Of course … except that I had n't noticed this . |
| 9 | Except that I had in some way to justify myself . |
| 10 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |
| 11 | Except that I had to live with the aftermath . |
| 12 | ‘ Except that I had no idea what I was being punished for . ’ |
| 13 | Whether it was during a healing , or during one of those morning meditations , I ca n't remember , but I had to assure Christopher that although I had stayed to every meditation and seen it through to the end , and although he had brought God , and probably Jesus Christ in upon several occasions , my original It was as intact as it had ever been . |
| 14 | I thought that once I had kids of my own I would stop oohing and gooing about other people 's children on the street . |
| 15 | I wanted to tell her that I had told Syl I would n't marry him , but I did n't , for I felt that once I had told Lili she would somehow prevent me from recanting and that , freed from Syl , I should be bound even tighter to my mother . |
| 16 | I know that cos I had to work at it when I first come here |
| 17 | The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy . |
| 18 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 19 | I always had the feeling that if I had n't , she would have sat there all night . |
| 20 | told me that if I had the power then I |
| 21 | I knew that if I had to drive to the park or into the country first , then the walking would never get done except at weekends . |
| 22 | I am sure that if I had been his secretary for a fortnight I should have wanted to poison him , not marry him … yes , I should have run round to the chemist 's for threepennyworth of poison after a very short time . |
| 23 | The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about . |
| 24 | But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . |
| 25 | This seems strange to me now because I feel sure that if I had been presented with the image of the glass coffin when I was well into the depressive phase of anorexia , I should have recognised it instantly . |
| 26 | And know that if I had a choice … |
| 27 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 28 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 29 | Rod said : ‘ I was shocked to be told that if I had waited any longer before seeking help I would not have survived . |
| 30 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |