Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ A few minutes after I had told him I was n't going on , a gang of his thugs suddenly appeared and pointed machine-guns at us and ordered us to get up on stage . |
2 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
3 | I came up with a lot of very hard guitar parts for this album and I had to practise the hell out of them so I could pull them off . |
4 | Thing is I had some wool and I had the thing . |
5 | Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others . |
6 | this is gon na be done from the heart , there 's no , nothing being put there in front , because when you see what I 've got and what my branch has achieved working with unemployed people your branch earner and that lady up there , , twenty seven years in this union we started this football team , it was this dream that I had and I come from Salford , which is not far from which is devastated with drugs burnt out cars people robbing each other , and of course , . |
7 | ‘ I could n't live in this mess if I had a woman , ’ he said . |
8 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
9 | It was some years since I had seen his signature . |
10 | I had known the family for some years as I had been Mrs Singh 's English tutor on a local authority adult literacy programme . |
11 | It was two and a half years since I had seen them and it gave me a lot of hope just to know that they were still in good shape , although they both looked much older . |
12 | I recall at this period that I had a new second pilot by the name of Saltzgaber , who was first generation Canadian but German born , The target was Mannheim , When we got into the area we found that thick cloud covered what we thought was tie target , so we went down , But there was no way we were going to get under . |
13 | I walked in and there were twelve fellas sitting in this room and I had to sing in front of them all . |
14 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
15 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
16 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
17 | I dread to think where the pound would have been in the past few days if I had followed the advice of Opposition Members . |
18 | It was n't a very full list cos erm er it did n't occur to me until about seven o'clock this evening that I had to go out quite soon and then I just ran around frantically doing things . |
19 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
20 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
21 | Another criticism that I had was that it was far , far too elaborate and expensive programme , I thought it was a very cheap one . |
22 | If the race had been over 62 metres then I felt I would have won , but there are no championships at this distance so I had to be content with second place . |
23 | I would freeze to death this night unless I had some warmth . |
24 | I had it the other day over s some occasion when I had to go on some t television and the reporter said what 's the Home Secretary gon na do about it . |
25 | Which reminds me I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast . |
26 | Which reminds me , I meant to get weighed this morning before I had my breakfast and I forgot . |
27 | I had such a backache this morning cos I had to get up early . |
28 | His face was streaked : he had n't washed this morning like I had . |
29 | Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors . |
30 | FOR YEARS , SOME FRIENDS AND I HAD A HABIT OF HIRING A COTTAGE somewhere deep in the Highlands at New Year . |