Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] i had " in BNC.
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1 | I went through a list of thanks and hoped I had n't left anyone out . |
2 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
3 | Anyway they questionedme and realised I had nothing to do with it and I got a letter saying I was completely innocent and apologising profusely |
4 | I came to a crisis point and knew I had to do something to sort myself out . |
5 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem , ’ he said . |
6 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’ |
7 | ‘ Even as a little kid I used to gaze in motorcycle shop windows and wish I had something like this , ’ says hell for leather Jackie , from Marske near Redcar . |
8 | She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day . |
9 | ‘ One day he returned home to Chamalières and said I had a job with Michel and Pierre for £1.50 a month . |
10 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
11 | When I got there they moaned about all the clothes and stuff I had , because you have to take everything with you when they move you about . |
12 | Me , I had reached the bottom of the bottle and figured I had lost enough for one weekend . |
13 | The clean channel springs into life first , and with the absolute minimum of fuss and fiddling I had some sparkly clean sounds to play with . |