Example sentences of "[be] [adj] and i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 2 | Because of the track , navigation had been easy and I had been leaving my sextant in the Land Rover . |
| 3 | ‘ You were cold and I had to get you warm . |
| 4 | My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End . |
| 5 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 6 | Once , when she was ill and I had to show the doctor in to see her , he was rather disconcerted to see the bedclothes on either side of Mrs Field appear to rise of their own accord — and four dogs emerged ! |
| 7 | In the end I could n't get rid of them , I had two days off when I was ill and I had as holidays to ge to get them sort of settled up you know . |
| 8 | However , in the winter months , on a roof top it was cold and I had to be wrapped in blankets , even though the sun beat down mid afternoon . |
| 9 | ‘ I was tired and I had to leave at approximately five — in about two hours . |
| 10 | ‘ But I felt that the fine was harsh and I had to defend my integrity which has now been upheld . ’ |
| 11 | Hugo kept telling me my body was glorious and I had come to believe him . |
| 12 | He was annoyed and I had not wanted to get Frankie into trouble . |
| 13 | So , because my hair was red and I had the Elphberg nose , Rose worried about me . |
| 14 | He had asked me for a photograph of myself when I was young and I had told him to go around and get it from Mandy . |
| 15 | Athelstan stopped to compose himself before continuing : ‘ When it was over , my brother was dead and I had aged a hundred years . |