Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , a new training school has been set up where I did find excellent service , friendly and helpful instructors and a range of aircraft rates which are almost unbelievable . |
| 2 | I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all . |
| 3 | Although I tried to do this visualization several times a day , I found it best and most rewarding first thing in the morning when I and my mind were fresh . |
| 4 | Although I did hear that accident was n't entirely kosher . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had n't come in yet so I started getting some food ready and tried to make up my mind what to tell Rick . |
| 7 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 8 | Once I had written these letters , I then applied to the Department that was officially responsible for serving the Diplomatic Corps . |
| 9 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 10 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 11 | It was such an odd feeling , as if I 'd lost twenty years somewhere . |
| 12 | If I 'd wanted that kind of wife , I 'd have married Eleanor . ’ |
| 13 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
| 14 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 15 | But , if I 'd gone next Thursday there 'd be e English , and then it 'd be a a job for them if they |
| 16 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
| 17 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , ‘ if I 'd had black parents to go home to , they would have been on the receiving end of aggro all day long as well . ’ |
| 18 | If I 'd had some castanets I 'd have clicked them in his face . |
| 19 | It rang again almost immediately — Alan again , asking if I 'd had any luck . |
| 20 | ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’ |
| 21 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 22 | And if I 'd had any problems , he sorted them out . |
| 23 | If I 'd had any doubts about your competence you can be sure I would n't have left you to cope here . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 26 | well if I 'd known enough company she said , I 'd have been at home with me feet up |
| 27 | If I 'd known this cake were gon na go so quick I would n't of fro froze that other one . |
| 28 | If I had to choose one man to kick a 40-yard penalty from close to the touchline to rescue The Earth from being knocked out of the Inter-Galactic Cup in the last minute , Grant Fox would be the man … |
| 29 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 30 | If I had to put any money on any one at this moment , it would have to be them . |