Example sentences of "i had [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , I had to lie on a bed in a dark room . |
| 2 | But data stores , I had stumbled on a case of data suppression . |
| 3 | ‘ For me , I was in the place which I had seen on a globe as a girl — where the pin went through it ! |
| 4 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 5 | It was during the filming of the opening titles for the last ‘ Marti ’ series for the B.B.C. Dressed in a red chiffon evening gown , high heels and lead-weighted knickers , I had to sit on a rock at the bottom of a tank full of sharks , smiling and brushing my hair , while Duncan swam past with a plywood plaice bearing the immortal words ‘ End of Part One ’ ( it could have been the end of several parts ! ) . |
| 6 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 7 | He handed me the seventeenth-century pamphlet , which I had left on a table on the landing . |
| 8 | I had put on a show of contrition all day , and behind it had been incomprehension and fright . |
| 9 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |