Example sentences of "[adj] that i had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |
| 2 | He even seemed slightly grateful that I had raised the matter . |
| 3 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 4 | ‘ This looks like a good job , ’ I though , unaware that I had arrived in the middle of Danny Baker 's leaving party . |
| 5 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 6 | I leafed through the newspapers , glad that I had done those interviews . |
| 7 | Given that they had the ‘ weather works ’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book . |
| 8 | I was glad that I had learned to breath properly and relax . |
| 9 | I always run just as fast I have to , and as I neared the finish I looked across to make sure that I had qualified , and there was Carl . |
| 10 | I had all that I had wanted , peace and privacy , a day to myself before Crispin came , and an absolute compulsion to stay indoors and take another look at the poem that had been broken into by the tutorial in Cambridge . |
| 11 | To me she represented all that I had imagined of the bygone days of sail . |
| 12 | I told her all that I had read of him . |
| 13 | In short that I had caused pain . |
| 14 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 15 | They were both so pleased that I had come , by accident , to make their day perfect . |
| 16 | Someone who would smile when I walked into a room , look pleased that I had come home — not because they wanted something from me , but because I was me . |
| 17 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 18 | Thankful that I had taken the trouble to gather dry wood while it was fine , I lighted the fire , and soon had a cheerful blaze going . |
| 19 | I was happy because I was now ‘ on the inside ’ , doing war-work and feeling , for the first time , that we were really a partnership ; and I was proud that I had grown more confident , and mature enough to take Leslie as he was , and no longer demanded — as he had once said that I did — that he be the White Knight . |
| 20 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 21 | In the end I pretended to be worried that I had left my bicycle lamp on and dashed outside to relieve myself in a flower-bed . |
| 22 | amazed that I had returned at all , and |
| 23 | There was one field in particular that I had made some good finds on and I had searched this piece of land time and time again . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It was not surprising that I had come to hate her . |
| 26 | His anger was unlike any other that I had known . |
| 27 | I was surprised that I had made it this far . |
| 28 | Largely forgotten until recently , Watson 's fine sun-dappled landscapes had elegant figure studies have begun to reappear in London galleries , including Richard Green , and Blamey was surprised that I had heard of him . |
| 29 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |
| 30 | The police sounded surprised that I had bothered to call them , and I walked back to the boatyard feeling strangely foolish . |