Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the story I had later from one of her flatmates . |
| 2 | At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero . |
| 3 | For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware . |
| 4 | Just in case I had n't made this absolutely clear , I added , ‘ I 'll never forgive you and I 'll never apologize to you and I 'll never do anything you say . ’ |
| 5 | After a number of closed doors there was a feeling of discouragement and uselessness but I thank God that another door has opened — not in a direction I had originally looked but one which I am sure is right for now . |
| 6 | Certainly , it brought about the beginnings of an emotional freedom I had not known , and a deeper commitment to radical politics . |
| 7 | As I have altered the way I teach mathematics , I have found pupils have been more highly motivated and have demonstrated skills I had not suspected they possessed . |
| 8 | In the jury were such well-known ‘ independent ’ commentators as Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE , a Regional Health Authority Chairman I had just replaced , a nurses ' negotiator , a consultant who wanted more money for his hospital and an ancillary health worker . |
| 9 | There was an advertisement for tooth-paste on one of the back pages and I thought at once of the clothing parcel I had not collected . |
| 10 | I was amazed and terrified at the change I had so casually brought about in her . |
| 11 | On the plus side was the fact that the Foreign Office and the years spent in Cabinet were a good apprenticeship , while in addition I had never been afraid of taking decisions . |
| 12 | ‘ Actually , ’ says she , exaggerating the poshness I had not realised was in the word . |
| 13 | The ‘ Oh ! ’ was caused by a flash of insight ; it seemed like an answer to the prayer I had not prayed , the prayer I had only thought . |
| 14 | The ‘ Oh ! ’ was caused by a flash of insight ; it seemed like an answer to the prayer I had not prayed , the prayer I had only thought . |
| 15 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 16 | Edward studied the original cards — most of them contained quotations from the Rosarium philosophorum , a text I had n't read . |
| 17 | Then I spotted them — superb orange orchids of a kind I had never seen in Danu . |
| 18 | I sweated and strained with it , even in quite a light wind , and my hands grew warm despite the heavy-duty welding-gloves I had on . |
| 19 | It took two days for us to get to Rome where the tournament was being played , and of course I had n't got a bag . |
| 20 | Of course I had n't bargained on technology , because once the hide is cut to size and checked for blemishes it 's actually put on a cutting form and sent through a roller press . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ I said , because of course I had n't agreed at all . |
| 22 | Anyway , of course I had n't any . |
| 23 | I and I took to Connor 's Quay as a sailing ship and I and then of course I had n't been much in sailing ships . |
| 24 | That was important , but much more important for me was the message that crofting , which I had seen as a hang-over , an anachronism , had enduring values I had not previously recognised . |
| 25 | More than that , a twin sister I had already begun to love dearly , called Donna . ’ |
| 26 | Then , with a blitheness I had never associated with Pike , he stepped two paces back into the path of the oncoming truck . |
| 27 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 28 | I 've been really good this year , I have n't had any anything really except my Christmas present I had early from mummy and daddy and from nana . |
| 29 | This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it . |
| 30 | A nasty experience I had recently brought to mind an interesting phenomenon — how appropriate people 's names often are . |