Example sentences of "that i had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I saw that I had new books by my bedside . |
2 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
3 | I did not say that I had irrefutable evidence . |
4 | When I played in the Wimbledon final , I knew that I had certain kinds of weaknesses . |
5 | I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons . |
6 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |
7 | You got all in that , English there , English there , English there and English there , and that I had six merit points yesterday . |
8 | Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded . |
9 | Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’ |
10 | ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind . |
11 | Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one . |
12 | So that I had two homes really , because as often as not I was down at her house , as in my own home . ’ |
13 | Would that I had such help as men must have , |
14 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
15 | Erm , I erm , employ people , so I decided to have an employment section , six months later when I was reviewing the daytimer , I discovered that I had one sheet in my employment section , er , about a lady I had interviewed and not employed , whereas I had a prospect section that was overflowing , and needed drastic sub-division . |
16 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
17 | No matter that I had little knowledge of regional variety . |
18 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
19 | And it meant that I had free access to the whole of the so much so , I had a key to the bottom of entry in er access to the firm and I could get in when I liked . |
20 | It seemed all wrong that I had horizontal loops across the face of the work . |
21 | Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them . |
22 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
23 | ‘ They said that I had enough equity to qualify for a multi-currency loan . |
24 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
25 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
26 | I have n't taken into account the suggestion forms that I had this morning and some quiffs that I have n't had . |
27 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
28 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
29 | And then I bought another one and then I bought a third one so that I had three combines but there were no other combines on Orkney at all . |
30 | I told him that I had another shop in Westmead which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and the RSPCA and that this one will be run in the same way . |