Example sentences of "i had [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as if I had singlehandedly wrecked San Francisco . |
| 2 | In all the previous months , I had rarely seen land , never wanted to . |
| 3 | I had rarely had reason to enter my father 's room prior to this occasion and I was newly struck by the smallness and starkness of it . |
| 4 | I had even studied Geology as my science subject and although I was cack-handed and obtuse when it came to the practical side had enjoyed the theory well enough . |
| 5 | If I had n't snatched zee pencil |
| 6 | I stayed with my mother 's parents in Eltham and I wrote to every theatre company and virtually every person in the world , but nobody would even look at me because I had n't done drama school . |
| 7 | I got the feeling I had n't handled Eric very well over the phone . |
| 8 | ‘ I had n't realised Mr Marshall was not alone . |
| 9 | ‘ I had n't realised Madeira actually had mountains and cliffs . ’ |
| 10 | I wish I had n't lost touch with him . |
| 11 | I had n't met Filmer 's eyes all day ; had been careful not to ; and it seemed to me that his attention had been exclusively focused upon what he had now achieved , a visiting-terms acquaintanceship with Mercer Lorrimore . |
| 12 | I had n't discovered roulette then . |
| 13 | ‘ Going out there on a new board and catching my first wave when I had n't surfed Pipeline for a year only reaffirms my confidence . ’ |
| 14 | In fact , I had n't lived south of the river for nearly five years and that had been further over in Southwark until a small matter of an exploding terrace house had persuaded me to go flat-hunting . |
| 15 | I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series . |
| 16 | Statements such as , ‘ I did n't see it previously ’ ; ‘ I 've just noticed something new ’ ; I can see all sorts of things of interest which I had n't seen before' ; ‘ I was n't interested in that before … suddenly it has a very significant part to play ’ ; ‘ the painting is actually changing for me ’ ; ‘ I 'm just discovering it ’ ; ‘ I 've started now to appreciate … ‘ , abounded . |
| 17 | I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all . |
| 18 | I had n't seen Malc for some months . |
| 19 | I HAD N'T seen Nirvana since December '91 , when they 'd played the Transmusicales Festival in Rennes , France . |
| 20 | I had n't seen Nell at all either . |
| 21 | Well these tables he bought , well I had n't seen tables like that before , he bought them in Italy somewhere . |
| 22 | I had n't seen John at all since before going to hospital . |
| 23 | I had n't seen Michael before , which is normal for me . |
| 24 | I had n't seen Mrs. Dow in ten years . |
| 25 | ‘ I had n't cost Middlesbrough a penny so I said : ‘ OK . |
| 26 | I had n't set foot inside the place since my visit with The Fat Controller . |
| 27 | First time I had n't spent Christmas with Vicki I think since they were married . |
| 28 | Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did . |
| 29 | Eef I had n't seized mon courage and a number seven brush |
| 30 | If I had n't seized zee pastel |