Example sentences of "[coord] i had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither he nor I had ever performed there before . |
| 2 | This was my first real relationship with a grown man beyond the charmed circle of father , uncles , cousins , in which Alec and I had previously moved . |
| 3 | I was not from a religious background , and I had previously thought that anyone who went to the mikva had to wear ghastly old-fashioned dresses with thick tights and live in a Yiddish-speaking ghetto ! |
| 4 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
| 5 | At great expense to ourselves , Father and I had finally arrived on the very threshold of Bukit Tengah , the Middle Mountain , and this difficult little man and his black kid were refusing to proceed . |
| 6 | I still had five , and I had rather expected something of the kind might happen . |
| 7 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 8 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 9 | That evening , pacing the floor of his chamber before the most able of his mormaers and his churchmen , he had said , ‘ What would I do if I were Siward and I had just lost all hope of my heirs ruling Northumbria ? |
| 10 | However often I lived through the moment , and I had just lived through it so vividly that the palms of my hands were sweating and my heart thumping , I could not make it last beyond that point . |
| 11 | ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 13 | When all the time I had actually been with him I had always realized he was the type to make a pass at the nearest girl with his last gasp , and I had just happened to be that girl . |
| 14 | Amid the furore over the French deal for Normandin and Auque , Joelle Kauffman and I had both taken part via satellite in The Time , The Place , which discussed whether the British Government was right to say ‘ No deals ’ . |
| 15 | For what good it was going to do me , I was fairly sure that these two were on the other end of the lead poisoning Connors and I had nearly contracted . |
| 16 | And I had already heard footsteps in the hall . |
| 17 | I was next to Lee Macrae , accredited with being one of the world 's fastest starters , and I had already decided on my tactics . |
| 18 | ‘ Mike and I had already decided to go back to Blend Six for Jerez if it 's still hot . ’ |
| 19 | I knew that three deaths in my immediate vicinity within four years had to look suspicious , and I had already planned my reaction carefully . |
| 20 | But you were of my blood , and I had already lost so much- ’ |
| 21 | Andy and I had already split up before their thing got going , but even so , it makes you think a bit . ’ |
| 22 | I thought it was n't worth just sitting around waiting for something to happen and I had already arranged to go to my friend 's house so I went out . |
| 23 | I 'll back chasing young cattle against anything else for working up a sweat , and I had already forgotten the uncharitable world outside . |
| 24 | Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country . |
| 25 | My brother and I had already discussed the possibility of this not being the real Lone Ranger but an impersonator dressed up , and when our man appeared we knew . |
| 26 | ‘ Touring on my own was good crack , but I wanted security and it was time to make a serious decision about the future — whether to become a lawyer ( and I had already started applying for jobs ) or to take a more businesslike approach to the music . ’ |
| 27 | It was one of those trivial things and I had entirely forgotten it when Mrs Rumney phoned again . |
| 28 | Mick had argued his case forcefully , and I had reluctantly agreed to camp next to them . |
| 29 | Mike and I had quickly established a routine : our day would start at 4.30am , when I would cook a massive breakfast to last Mike the whole day . |
| 30 | By the time we had drunk our third bottle of wine Ellen and I had long reached New Zealand and were already sailing north towards New Caledonia . |