Example sentences of "i had [be] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
| 2 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 3 | It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas . |
| 4 | I explained how it was that as a child I had been told I was an eidetiker but that it had meant nothing to me . |
| 5 | I needed to find out who I had been told I was before I could contradict it . |