Example sentences of "[conj] i had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 3 | I stacked the papers carefully and replaced them where I had found them . |
| 4 | I remember standing in the dinner queue and all these kids coming up to me , asking me if it was true , where I had got her from and what I was doing with her . |
| 5 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 6 | I hated the hoop of diamonds which , although I had washed it , looked somehow dirty . |
| 7 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 8 | He says the fans are rather less impassioned than elsewhere in Italy , although I had to tell him that once , when Trevor Francis missed a penalty for Sampdoria , his car was bombarded and his son , Matthew , was struck by a stone . |
| 9 | And although I had disappointed her by going into ‘ trade ’ , I was still the son of the house . |
| 10 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 11 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 12 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 13 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 14 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 15 | But this time the girl was dead , and I knew that I had killed her . ’ |
| 16 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
| 17 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 19 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 20 | " I 'm sorry , Ms. Easterbrook , that I had to ask you to come up before we were able to remove Dr. Lorrimer 's body . |
| 21 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 22 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 23 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 24 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 25 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 26 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 27 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 28 | In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all . |
| 29 | Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it . |
| 30 | I was surprised that I had made it this far . |