Example sentences of "[conj] i had [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 2 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 3 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 4 | I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting . |
| 5 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 6 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 7 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 8 | Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country . |
| 9 | Mike and I had quickly established a routine : our day would start at 4.30am , when I would cook a massive breakfast to last Mike the whole day . |
| 10 | And I had never heard a voice so cruel and cold . |
| 11 | ‘ It had been a quiet day and I had only caught a few small dace and then my rod thumped round . |
| 12 | Benjamin and I had hardly exchanged a word , even when the boat glided by Syon Convent . |
| 13 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 14 | The following three hours passed with surprising speed , but I had already learnt a valuable lesson : it is very tiring and hard being in general surgery ; every patient expects that the doctor knows all about them the moment they walk in the door , and we had to be empathetic , not sympathetic . |
| 15 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 16 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |