Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] i had " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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
3 I came to a crisis point and knew I had to do something to sort myself out .
4 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem , ’ he said .
5 ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’
6 She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day .
7 Me , I had reached the bottom of the bottle and figured I had lost enough for one weekend .
8 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 .
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