Example sentences of "i had [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 2 | In some ways I wish I had something to fall back on but I wanted to play guitar in a band , not waste time at university . ’ |
| 3 | I felt that he and I had something in common . |
| 4 | I was exceedingly lucky , I had something to fill my mind , a commitment for the whole of the spring and summer , a signed contract and a small advance to work off . |
| 5 | If I had something important to say on television I do n't think I would choose a Sunday afternoon . |
| 6 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 7 | She felt I had something to say , a strength , and she was willing to staff to my weaknesses to make sure that it was said . |
| 8 | But now I had something to say . |
| 9 | But I knew I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 10 | ‘ But I knew at the time that I felt I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 11 | In other words , I had something to aim for , an immediate goal . |
| 12 | It took Robins 's total to 11 for the season since goal-shy United sold him for just £800,000 in the summer , and Robins said : ‘ I suppose I felt I had something to prove . |
| 13 | I wished I had something to offer him — charm or eccentricity . |
| 14 | I did n't own a pair of binoculars , so I could n't observe the birds as closely as I 'd have wished , but I had something much closer to watch . |
| 15 | ‘ That season ’ , he reckons , ‘ I discovered I had something to offer ; that I could play with the big boys . |
| 16 | I had something else on my mind . ’ |
| 17 | To compensate , she took a secretarial course : ‘ So that meant I had something to fall back on if the athletics failed . ’ |
| 18 | I told them that I would like an audience with Andropov because I had something very important to discuss with him . |
| 19 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 20 | I felt I had something to say as well as a good story to tell . ’ |
| 21 | I found I had something in common with all there . |
| 22 | what was on the orig , what did we have on the ori , I 'm not saying the original list is like , is right Paul , I had something in there about homework , whether people wanted |
| 23 | but they 're bonded to different groupings so , for example , if one had something like this er , let's call that see three , page seven if I had something like that that central carbon there and when they draw these things at an exam paper , do n't expect it to be the central one . |
| 24 | Assuming now that I was aware of one or two facts of which you , my dear , could not be , assuming that I had something of importance to communicate to Michel , would you still stick to your stubborn refusal ? ’ |
| 25 | I had something special to ask Biddy . |
| 26 | I had something to eat earlier on , and I felt awfully |
| 27 | On top of all my other problems I had something of an upheaval on the domestic front when my daughter and her two children had to move in with us for a while . |
| 28 | ‘ I wish I had something ! ’ she cried passionately . |
| 29 | Oh , I knew I had something else to tell you , your brother got married . ’ |
| 30 | For the first time , I had something which she did not have . |