Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because , about a week before John drew our attention to that matter of concern , I had prayerfully chosen a theme for tonight , based on the set gospel — the passage that has just been read to us from the first chapter of John . |
| 2 | I had n't ridden a bicycle in thirty years and was none too confidently negotiating the potholes , when suddenly an incredible-looking blue-black bird with a ridiculously long tail flew across the track — and I rode straight into the ditch ! |
| 3 | ‘ I try to keep the grey cells working , ’ I shouted back , more to reassure him that I had n't done a runner out of the kitchen window . |
| 4 | I had n't done a thing about Archie . |
| 5 | If I had n't called a halt , you 'd have engineered one somehow … |
| 6 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 7 | She straightened sharply , and grinned at me , but her face was pale and there were shadows I had n't noticed a moment before . |
| 8 | Doone gave me a sorrowful stare , but I had n't given a thought to his wanting secrecy . |
| 9 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 10 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 11 | I had n't said a word to her and and she she was she did n't talk to me . |
| 12 | I go one , right , I had n't said a number yet |
| 13 | A week or so went by and I had n't received a reply . |
| 14 | Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’ |
| 15 | If I had n't requested a delay the embalmers would have already covered her in natron . ’ |
| 16 | So I pulled to the side and I had n't changed a tyre for a long time , but I got the jack out of the back and started to jack the car up , and while I was doing it , these two ladies went , ‘ Ah , it 's Sting ’ . |
| 17 | Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end . |
| 18 | If I had n't found a way out we 'd both eventually have died of cold or drowning , or both . |
| 19 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 21 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
| 22 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 23 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 24 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
| 25 | Well I had n't got a chance to . |
| 26 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 27 | Erm , so I , I , I had n't got a feel of it . |
| 28 | ‘ Laura is our first child and I had n't got a clue what to do . ’ |
| 29 | Cos I remember as as a little one , I had n't got a clue , and the whole meaning of it was lost completely . |
| 30 | At first I had n't got a clue what to do . |