Example sentences of "[subord] i had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Granpa brought us all home from midday mass there was still no sign of Dad , so I had a second night with the double bed all to myself . |
| 2 | We got about Amsterdam on bicycles — I had n't ridden one since I was seven years old — and that had stabilisers — so I had a little trouble . |
| 3 | Once I had a loose outline and the beginnings of a likeness , I switched to the broad tip of the same pen and with its flat edge broadly modelled the shadows of the face . |
| 4 | ‘ I received a phone call from Stefan at 7.30 in the morning to check if I had a suitable donor for the operation , ’ said manager of Canine Rescue , Southwold , Jim Waddington , who looks after Bobby . |
| 5 | If I had a decent book . |
| 6 | so he 's going to do that , so I said well look , do you mind if I had a wee sort of prelim talk with him |
| 7 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 8 | ( How would my life change if I had a great deal of money ? |
| 9 | I can make leads , I mean , if you have to do it , if I had a spare moment |
| 10 | ‘ It was as if I had a vast chip on my shoulder . |
| 11 | I think if I had a bigger bust my guts would n't look so big . |
| 12 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 13 | ‘ If I had a magnifying glass screwed intae ma heid I might , ’ his friend replied scornfully . |
| 14 | I 'm beginning to wonder , if I had a cardboard cut-out made of myself and stuck that in front of him , whether he 'd even notice . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd be quite happy to go to work if erm if I had a good job and my boyfriend stayed at home , that 'd suit me fine ! |
| 16 | Despite our wariness of exclusivity , if I had a satisfactory answer to my first question ( somewhere along the lines of : we pay nothing and lose none of the candidate fee ! ) |
| 17 | ‘ If I had a magic wand I would wave it and get Nigel back . |
| 18 | Well if I had a broken freezer I 'd mend it . |
| 19 | If I had a broken window I would n't put my fingers through it — no way . |
| 20 | If I had a nine-to-five job in an office , you could n't just call in . |
| 21 | do you think it 'll be , be really bad if I had a little bit ? |
| 22 | If I had a little land then I would be fine . ’ |
| 23 | If I had a little light , I thought , I might be tempted to a bit of a read in bed . |
| 24 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 25 | ‘ If I had a proper job , and a regular salary , it would be different . |
| 26 | I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said . |
| 27 | I was totally confident I could lose any nancified verger on my chosen ground , provided I had a decent start , which was precisely what I was giving myself . |
| 28 | I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine . |
| 29 | I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters . |
| 30 | Therefore , next time they spawned I left the eggs where they were until I had a new tank prepared for the adults . |