Example sentences of "[adv] i had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I stood alone on the beach next to the elaborate italics of Oliver ( the others had done capitals , of course ) , and I looked up towards the camera , and Stuart shouted ‘ Cheese ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Gorgonzola ! ’ and Stu shouted ‘ Camembert ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Dolcelatte ! ’ and suddenly I had this crying fit .
2 Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye .
3 ‘ If only I had that opportunity such a rewarding experience working among people of that type . ’
4 He said , oh if only I had that power !
5 ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening .
6 And I put balanced it out across this , and I set my camera down er down below , on a time exposure which runs off in about one minute , so I had one minute to run up the side of the thing and get out here and balance myself .
7 and mum had two glass fulls , but she did n't drink hers so I had four glass fulls .
8 So I had two families then , the Kilroys , and the Silks .
9 I also built myself a second house there , and so I had two homes .
10 and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know .
11 Line bites continued , then at one o'clock I had another bite , again it was a drop bite .
12 In I had nine people to call , had evokes the state of having the people on one 's list and is thus expressive of a concrete obligation to call them .
13 The servicemen were always very helpful in hauling one aboard , but I was not in uniform and I always felt they must be wondering whether or not I had any right to travel .
14 Yesterday I had three Councillors here in the studio .
15 Also I had drunken row with Jack , day two , for which neither party could bring himself to apologize and which polluted friendship forever .
16 I had some woodwork to finish off indoors and after I 'd glued up I had some light sanding to do .
17 Later I had another dream .
18 A few days later I had another chance to help the King .
19 ‘ A month or two later I had another routine test , and had to have two more monthly doses of the antiparasite drug .
20 It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’
21 But there was still no sign of the elusive owl , and now I had another quest , too .
22 Today I had four baths to fill in time and I invented you .
23 erm which quite simply I had some money of my own and I was n't that hungry er to jump in to any job at all .
24 Well I had six lamb chops they were only little baby chump chops , I think you 'll probably
25 and you 'll you know it does it itself you just , you , with the computer you just say well I had four pounds and I spent a pound on that and two pound on this thirty pence on that and it goes pow does it by magic .
26 I , I did , and then of course as I say er , you know , with my husband , well I had lovely holidays before but when you 've got a companion it 's all too different is n't it ?
27 Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown .
28 It amuses me that eight years ago I had two homes — but I digress again .
29 A year ago I had six boys in my school , now there are none , they get to 11 and think it 's cissy . ’
30 Until six weeks ago I had first class service , then , suddenly , the crankshaft snapped .
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