Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] that i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
| 2 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
| 3 | I must admit that I had doubts about Swansea 's pack at the beginning of the season . |
| 4 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
| 5 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 6 | A few readers may remember that I had long ago arranged to spend two days drawing cartoons for children in the Navan shopping centre . |
| 7 | From the look on her face you 'd think that I had confessed to a desire to murder her family and steal all her money . |
| 8 | Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it . |
| 9 | The meeting had been arranged with intense , frantic planning as to detail , with letters despatched by lawyers through couriers , paragraphs changed bo mutual request , assurances as to what I could say or not and , indeed , whether I could admit that I had even appeared on this day at the august offices of Olympia & York . |
| 10 | ‘ You could say that I had worked my fingers to the bone for you ! ’ |
| 11 | I could accept that I had been foolish , but that acceptance was not yet a sufficient antidote for the niggling little pain in my heart . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One seldom gets on well with one 's family if one has the impression that one is better than them , and I used to dream that I had been found , abandoned in mysterious circumstances . |
| 14 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |
| 15 | Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one . |
| 16 | All that morning I was frightened that my sister would discover that I had stolen from her , but luckily she was so busy cleaning the house , and roasting the chickens for our Christmas lunch that she did not notice that I had been out , or that any food was missing . |
| 17 | It would seem that I had no choice in either matter , but whereas the former flattered me as well as frightened me , the latter insulted and enraged me . |
| 18 | I have a small , immediate family and up until my cancer I would say that I had very few friends . |