Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i had [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I reached Ostend at midday on 16th there was no ticket but only a message to the effect that I had to buy another one . |
| 2 | 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money . |
| 3 | And that 's a bit like that erm the teaching skills that I had to do that time when I was on the course . |
| 4 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 5 | It was like a little explosion because it was n't just a question of telling one other person ; I had to tell my parents and I had to tell all my schoolfriends and make sure that my world existed and to a great extent it did . |
| 6 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 7 | I had picked for this exercise a place that I had visited many years before. , but to which I had never returned . |
| 8 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 9 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 10 | K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour . |
| 11 | ‘ I worked in a crèche before I had to give that up to look after Gran . |
| 12 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |
| 13 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 14 | Joe and I had seen this happen many times before . |
| 15 | Jeremy Isaacs and I had know each other for a long time . |
| 16 | Then I was showered with the realisation that I had spent half a working day thinking these thoughts , during which time , if I had put a foot wrong , I would have immediately proved , to some people 's satisfaction , the innate unsuitability of women for this kind of work ; and that clinched it ; and I wrote the letter and confirmed the complaint . |
| 17 | And as it looked like Sasser had told Hurley something about me , Control passed the word that I had handled some contract work for the Defense Department in the past , just minor stuff , but that it was all finished now . |
| 18 | ‘ Although Stevie and I had known each other for a while we had never been romantically involved . |
| 19 | By the time he had sorted everybody out and told them how to get to Bridlington it was too late for me to use my free pass and I had to pay half fare . |
| 20 | My dad says I ca n't have sweets because I had to have some teeth out . |
| 21 | Sheffield , like Rome , is built on seven hills and I had to cross most of them , anger fuelling my journey as I thought of all the excuses I 'd swallowed . |
| 22 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
| 23 | It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money . |
| 24 | I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from . |
| 25 | It was ironic in retrospect that I had to travel half way round the globe to get to know working class men from my own back yard . |
| 26 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 27 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 28 | I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing . |
| 29 | Fortunately , Trau Bishop and I had set that room up as a trap , knowing that your agent would n't be able to resist the bait . |