Example sentences of "[v-ing] and i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then I had to work with these people and I knew that that was the kind of way that they were operating and I had to teach them by the way I worked but in fact it was okay to admit that we do make mistakes . |
| 2 | Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week . |
| 3 | ‘ My mind ’ , she said ‘ was set on going and I had to go . ’ |
| 4 | I had to be quick , they told me ; it was quite a long climb to the hut where Eric would be waiting and I had to return to Parma that night . |
| 5 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
| 6 | It stretched it and started all bleeding and I had and I had to sew it up with a sewing kit . |
| 7 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 8 | He turned left down an alley without indicating and I had to carve up a Volvo with Swedish number plates in order to follow him . |
| 9 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 10 | The sniping was increasing and I had to move away to help guard some German prisoners we had collected in the action . |
| 11 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 12 | I should have been here to meet you , but you were late arriving and I had an appointment in the village . ’ |
| 13 | To avoid them I should either have had to go several hundred yards through dense undergrowth , or make a wide detour round and above them ; the former would have subjected me to very great danger , and there was no time for the latter , for the sun was near setting and I had still two miles to go . |
| 14 | And then , suddenly , she was struggling and screaming and I had to hold her wrists to stop her from scratching me . ’ |
| 15 | But I would if I ever got a job and I was working and I had to make a casserole or something . |
| 16 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 17 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |