Example sentences of "[conj] i had [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving the main building at bedtime , I walked back through the old walled garden , the churchyard , and down the grassy lane to the cottage annexe where I had my room . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish that I had her guts , ’ I thought . |
| 3 | I wish , silently , that I had my Trangia . |
| 4 | that I had my perm , and you know how it 's dead |
| 5 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 6 | Because I knew that I had my weaknesses , perhaps that is the reason that I was not more successful . |
| 7 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 8 | I felt relieved that I had my scar from the fight at the summer party and so looked the same as everybody else — I was afraid of appearing different or clever which meant that I would be noticed by the Corporals and picked on by all the others . |
| 9 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 10 | Now that I had my dolls and their dolls ' houses , I set about playing with them with the greatest pleasure , and when I visited Wood Green I shut my eyes to some of the realities . |
| 11 | The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’ |
| 12 | I used to model for a hairdresser — Herberts in Liverpool — and I had my hair dyed blonde and red , it looked great — honest , but as it started to grow out I neglected it . |
| 13 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 14 | So erm , I went out and I had my hair , oh I 've had me hair permed again but you ca n't tell unless you put a brush through it though |
| 15 | Yeah and I had my bottle of wine and all drunk before the end |
| 16 | I had at my command a whole hour and a quarter , and I had my voice ; but the words … |
| 17 | and I had my breakfast |
| 18 | Luckily , old habits die hard , and I had my tape-memory stowed in the car , together with a stack of other junk . |
| 19 | And I had my name down for Sue Ryder 's and the Legion and then a vacancy fell due here |
| 20 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 21 | Anyway , whatever its name , it put up a noble fight before it was gaffed and brought on board , and I had my photograph taken with the catch after we landed back on the beach . |
| 22 | Sean gave me a birthday card from my wife Susan and I had my photograph taken to prove that I did wear my ‘ Now you 're 40 ’ badges and socks ! |
| 23 | If I had his address I would write myself . |
| 24 | ‘ If I had your friend 's Aston Martin , now , instead of this old thing ! ’ |
| 25 | Well , I would ban them too if I had my way . |
| 26 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 27 | It is tempting to write ‘ If I had my way , I 'd fire all the staff and start all over again ’ , but top management does n't usually look very kindly on this kind of approach . |
| 28 | An " heir " indeed , Miss Gristy , yes , an heir to base lies and fornication , and if I had my way you would be joint heirs to a pile of dry wood too , together with flint , steel and a box of tinder ! " |
| 29 | If I had my way I 'd set fire to those blasted overalls . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Frankly , ’ he snapped , ‘ if I had my way those lists would go into the dustbin , the lot of them . |