Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had made two , maybe three sweeps of the pole , when I felt a wet slippiness beneath me . |
| 2 | Above all , showing Leeds and Dad , especially Dad , that I had made good . |
| 3 | I thought I had made that plain . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I had made that clear , ’ said Wheeler with no attempt at all to disguise his contempt for the Archdeacon . |
| 5 | In 1851 Common claimed that imported McCormick machines he saw were ‘ exactly like the one I had made 40 years before ’ . |
| 6 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 7 | The passport office in Liverpool issued me with a new passport , and , though I had made dozens of requests to the army for a vehicle , BBC Radio Manchester succeeded where I had failed . |
| 8 | Back at the firm , did my colleagues ask if I had made any good deals , ordered too much or made new contacts ? |
| 9 | In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds . |
| 10 | There was one field in particular that I had made some good finds on and I had searched this piece of land time and time again . |
| 11 | As I had made some pretty critical remarks about the Soviet Union , at a time the war-time alliance still commanded admiration , especially among the young , he pointed out that if printed , these views would be taken by the Kremlin to be officially inspired . |
| 12 | Maybe I had made some inadvertent noise . |
| 13 | In the year which ended with my twenty-first birthday , I had made twenty-nine parachute jumps , been arrested , spent a month on bail , been in hospital twice , stabbed in the face once , and spent over two thirds of my days with the Territorials . |
| 14 | Well I had to do that agenda when Hugh was n't here , so |
| 15 | ‘ I had the kitchen stove which was nothing but steel : I had to do that down every morning till you could see yourself in it ; and whiten the hearth . |
| 16 | But erm I had to do that in between if Harry had n't got enough help . |
| 17 | I had to do that for O'level . |
| 18 | And that 's a bit like that erm the teaching skills that I had to do that time when I was on the course . |
| 19 | When I had to do that trip on my own . |
| 20 | I had to do that . |
| 21 | K. R. In that time , I had to do all the side streets , milking padlocks . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's good to be just one of a group of comedians doing warm up sometimes you do ten minutes one night I had to do six hours because things were n't ready . |
| 23 | I had to do private and public penance , take a solemn vow that , after I was ordained , I would accept whatever duties my superiors gave me . ’ |
| 24 | ’ I had to do extra rehearsals because I was new and she would daub my legs with methylated spirits and iodine . |
| 25 | He asked me what I had to do each week . |
| 26 | I had to do some crazy things to get their attention . |
| 27 | Then I had to do some of the King 's business , but , because of my damaged finger , I did not have to write my name on any papers . |
| 28 | Therefore I had to do some work last week . |
| 29 | I had to do some custard in the microwave last night , cos it might of , came out like slut |
| 30 | Everything had a value , I had to do these jobs round the house , bring in the logs , clean the car . |