Example sentences of "i had [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had rather have the certainties of middle-age , ma'am . ’ |
| 2 | Before visiting the remote north , I had rather expected the folk there to be rough , uncouth , possibly even hostile . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ He asked about the bureau and I said I had nowhere to put the things from it so he went into the wardrobe and cleared a shelf and said put it in there . |
| 4 | I had instantly buried the intense feelings hoping that with time they would decompose or reform and grow into normal healthy heterosexual longings . |
| 5 | It was not as though other people were speaking a foreign language , but rather as though they were using the English language as the basis of a code to which I had somehow lost the key . |
| 6 | Because , about a week before John drew our attention to that matter of concern , I had prayerfully chosen a theme for tonight , based on the set gospel — the passage that has just been read to us from the first chapter of John . |
| 7 | I had again beaten the top sprinters of Europe , firmly establishing myself as the continent 's number one . |
| 8 | I had also become a cyclist . |
| 9 | Over the years of cutter duties I had also obtained a Radio Operator 's Licence , and on two separate occasions had attended Red Cross and St John 's Ambulance first aid courses . |
| 10 | I had also had a very enjoyable weekend in Sheffield when the Salvation Army invited me to make an appearance . |
| 11 | I had also got a ticket for another friend and neighbour , , whose late father held the Salvesen Chair of European Governmental Studies in the University here . |
| 12 | With the weight of my flesh , I had also shed the weight of responsibility . |
| 13 | I had already made a number of smaller works with Lascaux Aquacryl on watercolour pads and clocks , so I was aware of the colour range and paint handling . |
| 14 | I had already made an extensive study of the various methods of language teaching , purely as a hobby , and run a few short courses from my home during the holiday season . |
| 15 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 16 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 17 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 18 | I had already begun an outline for another book and for that I needed some local colour in an Eastern bloc country . |
| 19 | However , I had already begun the process , long before coming over , of minimizing and dismissing my cultural identity . |
| 20 | I had already employed an attendant , Toril , who had come over from Norway at the end of July to help me during and after my move . |
| 21 | When asked to identify specific savings made through better company negotiating , a Purchasing manager at British Telecom said ‘ Within two weeks of attending the Effective Negotiating seminar , I had already saved the company the equivalent of double my salary . ’ |
| 22 | This was despite the fact that I had already visited the Algerian Embassy to no effect after writing thirteen times . |
| 23 | Within my college work , I had already taken the decision to devote more time and concentration to HNC/Ds ; just because they work smoothly and efficiently and have a good reputation is no excuse for not keeping actively in touch with this area . |
| 24 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 25 | The first time I went to prison I had already had the baby , but he was taken away from me in hospital . |
| 26 | I had already acquired the address from the ‘ yellow pages ’ and estimated that it was a ten mile drive , thus I gave myself half an hour to account for delays . |
| 27 | I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on . |
| 28 | Dana and I had already spent a few weekends in Madrid , travelling by bus via Avila through wonderful country . |
| 29 | I had already read the book but the film matched up to it in every way , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The following three hours passed with surprising speed , but I had already learnt a valuable lesson : it is very tiring and hard being in general surgery ; every patient expects that the doctor knows all about them the moment they walk in the door , and we had to be empathetic , not sympathetic . |