Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
| 2 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 3 | Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take , I was gutted . |
| 4 | I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all . |
| 5 | Before I had been there a month my eyes began to suffer and I had to start wearing glasses for close work . |
| 6 | They would n't have got me to come if I had n't had , if I . |
| 7 | It was time to find if I had managed to stay within my budget . |
| 8 | ‘ When I bought the VF I left it completely standard because I wanted to establish if I had any talent . |
| 9 | Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing . |
| 10 | I was in a fever of vicarious excitement , looking at street plans of Florence and trying to remember the name of a boy I 'd met in the Boboli Gardens in 1961 , but friends and relations were wanting to know whether I had really vetted the family , whether I 'd like to hear a selection of au pair horror stories , and whether I 'd made good any gaps in my daughter 's domestic skills . |
| 11 | A fortnight or so after I had dictated it in October 1971 , I had a telephone call from Harold Wilson to know whether I had read Wigg 's memoirs , and was I aware of the very personal attacks on him and Marcia Williams ? |
| 12 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 13 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 14 | I went to talk to RELATE when I had problems with my own marriage . |
| 15 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 16 | And I know he was very good to us in the war cos my father was , got a terminal illness and er he used to see that I had a bottle of whisky for dad you know , er the manager did . |
| 17 | It was difficult to remember that I had ever thought of him as a schoolboy . |
| 18 | I did n't have time to talk cos I had to be here for nine . |
| 19 | As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door . |
| 20 | The cows I could see grazed on and on , and I was trying to remember if I had ever seen an ox grazing instead of working . |
| 21 | I began to wonder if I had halitosis or a snotty nose , or green eyes , or a squint — surely I am not so unattractive ! |
| 22 | Aunt Louise 's glance slid back over her shoulder to see if I had appreciated the window ; I nodded and smiled back . |
| 23 | One family gave me a day off every month , told me I had to be back before nine in the evening and checked my bag when I left to see if I had n't robbed anything . |
| 24 | It was like people were looking at me and guessing my age and looking to see if I had a ring on my finger . |
| 25 | With coincidence being stretched a little too far , I decided to recheck my work to see if I had missed the obvious . |
| 26 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 27 | They phoned me from Mencap again this morning to see if I had any , had any lifting experience |
| 28 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want to marry Syl , ’ I said , surprised to hear that I had spoken aloud . |
| 30 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |