Example sentences of "i had [vb pp] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had wanted to make a beautiful man , but the face of the creature was horrible . |
| 2 | There , where I had hoped to see a fine , impressive house , was nothing but a blackened heap of stones , with the silence of death about it . |
| 3 | I had hoped to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time available . |
| 4 | For the past three months , as the illness slowly overcame me , I had struggled to start a new novel . |
| 5 | If I had wished to create a hard and more definite edge or accent then I would have had to ensure that everything was dry . |
| 6 | In the early days , I had tried to make a few suggestions about what the FO could be doing . |
| 7 | I had meant to give a detailed critique of the interaction between performers and studio audience in You Asked For It ( Tuesday , Radio 4 ) , a comedy improvisation game produced by the ‘ Cardiff Comedy Explosion ’ and introduced by a shy man called Luke Sorba . |
| 8 | Once , in the early days , it had failed completely , and sometimes I had had to take a double dose before I changed into Hyde . |