Example sentences of "i had [vb pp] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way or another , I had drunk quite a bit this evening , but I did n't need to powder my nose . |
| 2 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 3 | Everything of mine at that stage was still packed , but I had set aside a separate box for tea and coffee things so tea was easy to arrange . |
| 4 | One year I had worked nearly a month flat out , every day without a waking hour to myself . |
| 5 | I had come home a day early . |
| 6 | Suppose I had put aside a little , even a little , of that money , for myself , what would I have now ? |
| 7 | I read the rest of the story ; the gist of it was I had idled away a year on full pay and what was the Government going to do about it ? |
| 8 | I had had quite a grounding in this at the City Temple . |
| 9 | So the decision was made for me , you see , it was only afterwards that I saw I had taken quite a step — a leap in the dark , in fact . |