Example sentences of "[adv] i had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students . |
| 2 | Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz . |
| 3 | Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson . |
| 4 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly . |
| 7 | A Buckinghamshire village boy ‘ liked best to go and stay ’ with a farming grandmother , finding a ‘ special quiet ’ and ‘ peace ’ about her ; while a Yorkshire weaver 's son who went to stay with his grandmother for several weeks ‘ during family sickness ’ always kept the bond they made then — ‘ religious , yet loving , although seemingly cold , perhaps I had a special bit of her love , for she corrected me with thrashing me . ’ |
| 8 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 9 | I noticed the filters were sm smeared and it 's like a smear on the filter , so I had a close inspection , found that they were all actually clogged up with what appeared to be superglue . |
| 10 | So I had a quick look at them . |
| 11 | So I had a quiet talk with young Murchie , and we came to a business arrangement . |
| 12 | So I had a quiet dinner — alone , for Mala was still sulking — followed by a refreshing sleep . |
| 13 | Nevertheless I had a brief affair with the redoubtable Maud . |
| 14 | Soon I had a big army . |
| 15 | Inwardly I had a sneaking admiration for them because they had been sure that they did n't like the Legion and so had acted directly and left . |
| 16 | Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible . |
| 17 | It seemed the family had the same feeling because a week later I had a pleasant letter from the mother . |
| 18 | A day or two later I had a free morning , in which I intended to follow a class in Spanish language . |
| 19 | So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since ! |
| 20 | Now I had a good view of the countryside . |
| 21 | Now I had a new mission in life — to ensure that every tinker caravan in Ireland contained a picture of a donkey dancing while a devil played the fiddle . |
| 22 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 23 | Now I had a right job with them . |
| 24 | I had a flimsy recollection of being afraid of getting drowned ; now I had a flimsy suspicion that I might be buried under snow and never rise again to the surface . |
| 25 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |
| 26 | And now I had a lovely fellow I 'd grown up with in the same village , the same sort of background , we 'd known each other since we were eleven , twelve , |
| 27 | Today I had a lengthy phone call . |
| 28 | Well I had a late night last night my hamster came , kept me up late at night . |
| 29 | Well I had a quick look at them . |
| 30 | Anyway in the end he went in and erm the next thing the Inspector came up and er he called me and the Union chap into his car and er he said , We got a mark I said yeah well I had a little scar across me knee . |