Example sentences of "[pers pn] had such " in BNC.
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1 | I had such queer desires to speak to her , to give her my flowers , to kiss her hand , but did not of course , partly from cowardice , partly because she , however innocent , would probably be afraid ; and the old man was there , too . |
2 | Yet I had such a deep longing for the romantic friendship , for the ami amant , for that ‘ someone to watch over me ’ , that I was often half tempted to succumb to the wiles of youths I felt pretty sure were plain-clothes detectives from the Vice Squad or undercover agents for MI5 . |
3 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
4 | Would that I had such help as men must have , |
5 | ‘ I had such great plans for that house . |
6 | ‘ I had such a huge breakfast ’ , Lavender said , ‘ I really could n't eat a thing . ’ |
7 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
8 | I wanted to hate him for doing this to me , so much earlier than I had thought it would be done , but it was difficult to hate a man I had such respect for . |
9 | I had such a horrific adolescence and childhood , it 's not surprising I found a way out , an escape from the pain . |
10 | I had such difficulty persuading him to take Brückner 's story seriously . |
11 | I wish I had such a face to be ashamed of . |
12 | I had such high hopes then but all this time and we 're no further on , she thought . |
13 | They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet , and I 'd got tremendous scarring of the gut . |
14 | ‘ They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet … ‘ |
15 | ‘ But I had such a huge appetite , my quota for the day would be gone by breakfast and I 'd start on the following day 's allowance . |
16 | ‘ Who said I had such an idea ? ’ asked Joan innocently . |
17 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
18 | I had such hopes for them , and was even pleased when , at the age of seven , Paheri asked to enter the priesthood . |
19 | ‘ I wish I had such a talent , ’ Karen , the young wife , enthused to her . |
20 | I had such hopes for him ! |
21 | The Prime Minister and I had such a meeting on the twentieth of December . |
22 | After my dream last night I had such hopes , too . ’ |
23 | I had such a good time myself , ’ says Susan . |
24 | I had such a lazy week Christmas week I went down to er Northamptonshire to my son 's . |
25 | Huh , I think I had such a good night , you know what you 've bloody well done he said you 've got up he said before you was ready he said , you knew you wanted to get on he said , and you 've got up he said with the intentions he said , you had them bloody cakes he said before you had breakfast , well I had to with her coming |
26 | that 's the third time he 's done it , I had such a go at him |
27 | It very funny cos I want to , yeah , because I I had such a study on , on United States many rating systems or , it 'll into those houses like . |
28 | I remember I had such a strain one , I just could n't find it quick enough |
29 | I had such a backache this morning cos I had to get up early . |
30 | I had such a weird dream last night |