Example sentences of "and i had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Enough to say that , after he had recovered from the operation and came home , Nigel and I had forty-eight days together in which he was serene , happy and free from pain , which I regard as beyond price . |
2 | ‘ But when we got married and I had two children he did n't want me to work any more , and he got very jealous of other men looking at me . |
3 | ‘ I 've still got a steel plate and screws in my leg after breaking both ankles last year and I had two falls in four days in July . |
4 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
5 | I was walking across from suddenly being squashed under one and I had four guys in the car and they were all giving me defence . |
6 | So my visits to the Ainsworth home were frequent but undemanding , and I had ample opportunity to look out for the little cat which had intrigued me . |
7 | And I had total confidence in Robin as , very touchingly , he had in me when we climbed on the mountain . |
8 | Although my hon. Friends the Member for Billericay ( Mrs. Gorman ) and for Basildon and I had certain concerns about the overall reorganisation proposed — my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay and I expressed them very forcefully , as my hon. Friend the Minister knows — we took exactly the same line as the community health council on the centralisation of casualty . |
9 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
10 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
11 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
12 | The day you went to get Bunny and I had terrible hay fever . |
13 | And I had five sons , a disabled father , according to the media , and er , I got on with it . |
14 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
15 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
16 | And I had unfinished business with Masha . |
17 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
18 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
19 | So I thought , in my wisdom I thought , there was easier way than that , wh at one bar and I had one rope come under the draw bar with a tow bar , so I said right one bit of rope , one bar , so all the docker got ta do now is take the bar out , take the rope off , that was alright and you could stow 'em on the , on the deck . |
20 | And I had one sergeant downstairs patrolling the er street level . |
21 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
22 | I obviously understood this very well and I had all sorts of |
23 | There were only two rooms in our house , and I had nine brothers and sisters . |
24 | John and I had long discussions on planning applications , I shall be interested to hear |
25 | That one , and I had blue leggings on and everyone was going oh spot the legs , and then just going phew when they walked into the shack or something think , you know , I du n no , I 'm just |
26 | A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary . |
27 | Your reception was not courteous , but the Prince and I had other matters to discuss . |
28 | As Anwar and I had these conversations Jamila liked to open the door to the store-room and just point the black barrel-ends of her eyes at me as if I were sitting with Eichmann . |
29 | Liza and I had white satin dresses and shoes with bows on , and Frankie had a suit of small grey and white checked material with a cap to match and a pair of new boots . |
30 | Whether I have conveyed anything of the delight we took in his company I do n't know and his exact words may have been even better but the magic of his style returns to me and I had another giggle writing this . |