Example sentences of "i already had " in BNC.

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1 I already had a guitar .
2 By the time I was thirteen I already had a 36-inch bust , and during games lessons other girls would snigger , make remarks , and generally treat me like an abnormality .
3 I already had a stitch scar running the greater part of my left leg .
4 I already had reason to suspect that I was by no means flavour-of-the-month at the Oxford International Language College .
5 I was beginning to realise that I would never actually be a man and I already had experienced what I probably wanted more than anything else — the power men have in society .
6 Maybe I was being a bit greedy because I already had the one I have mentioned before made by Mrs Fawcett from West Birk Hatt .
7 I already had a mailing list of over 7000 people , which is healthy for someone who is n't a household name , and is a good base for putting out a single , if those people then go and buy it .
8 I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third .
9 Although Tibbs warned Benn that he needed the last two rounds , I already had him five rounds up — and so did Eubank .
10 I hesitated , for I already had a plan but was n't sure whether it would be acceptable .
11 I already had a father , after all .
12 Of course , I already had some experience with the various falconers ' knots and changing jesses with a bird perched on my fist , but poor old Derek got himself a bit tied up .
13 At your age I already had five children living and not the hope of a decent wage coming .
14 I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green .
15 The picture could be executed by a company called Scanachrome in which I already had some interest and it seemed like a good opportunity to get involved with the process .
16 I already had six years ’ experience of the criminal mind by the time you graduated from the Sorbonne as a spoilt little brat . ’
17 The debt was written off in a long , slow reckoning of my own , though by the time I reached my mid-teens I already had a certainty of the future waiting — a void to be filled as I chose , with nothing predetermined .
18 I already had a great many tablecloths in boxes with bows on .
19 It looked similar to the folder I already had , but perhaps a little thicker .
20 I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector .
21 I already had the grid coordinates for both circles and centres and Bishops Cannings church .
22 I already had her telephone number .
23 One day , something happened that added a new idea to the ideas that I already had .
24 An easy and quick process even with the large amount of data I already had stored .
25 ‘ As you may recall , I already had a fair grasp of Portuguese , so all it needed was a crash course and a month or two here to make me fluent , ’ Ashley said , wishing he was not so persistent .
26 I already had a coat , which in those days was my pride and joy , so I went in , tried it on and paid £55 .
27 Do n't know if you put a five down there , I already had it .
28 and I did n't take the ones I already had .
29 Plus I already had that , plus I had another five I did n't tell you about , I had fifteen when you said you had fifteen , look , one there 's me first ten
30 I , I already had .
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