Example sentences of "and i had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hospitality extended to a good meal , and before leaving we were given the facilities of a nearby chateau , where the jeep driver and I had the luxury of a hot bath , laid on by the local Mayor . |
| 2 | A few more short-ish walks and I had the boots fully under control . |
| 3 | She and I had the other . |
| 4 | And I had the most divine young Italian girl to look after me . |
| 5 | It was misty , and there was not a soul in sight , and I had the same eerie feeling which came over me sometimes in other parts of the village . |
| 6 | And I had the air in my clothes to hold me up , do n't forget . ’ |
| 7 | I was growing in emotional courage , and I had the rather wry thought that Leslie would have been proud of me . |
| 8 | This cured it and I had the carbs tuned to perfection . |
| 9 | Now old and new furies possessed me and I had the man by the neck of his jersey and pushed up against the wall . |
| 10 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 11 | I certainly did , and I had the magenta bum-bag to prove it . |
| 12 | The fish was still on , and I had the golf-ball firmly clutched in my left hand , so I landed them both . |
| 13 | At that point , rather late one night , he and I had the last of a long sequence of talks . |
| 14 | Heather and I had the large front room on the right of the entrance , which we understood had been a music room , and where Byron , in a temper had thrown an ink bottle at a maid . |
| 15 | It had stood up , of course , and I had the confidence of the first two rounds now , of having the second fastest time behind Carl and of beating Ben . |
| 16 | Once , Reginald Forte , the famous organist , came to Middleton in Teesdale and I had the pleasure of attending that concert . |
| 17 | Into Tommy 's holdall went the binoculars-camera and the hair curler ( one never knew ) , and I had the cigarette lighter-camera as always in my pocket . |
| 18 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 19 | Eventually it dawned on me that he was n't going to change and I had the choice of either leaving or learning to live with it . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ We had our Christmas Day on Boxing Day and I had the best ever Christmas with my children and grandchildren . ’ |
| 21 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 22 | Saturday afternoon arrived and I had the house to myself to get ready . |
| 23 | I was shaking , shivering and sweating and I had the most awful pain going through my body . |
| 24 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 25 | His work was n't bad , and I had the feeling that one day , if only he would persist , he might write a novel that would be published . |
| 26 | Just after the Gulf War , there was a lot of talk about pollution and green issues , and I had the idea of cutting a cross-section through London — underground , overground and sky . |
| 27 | ‘ The other man 's grass is always greener and I had the opportunity when I was younger to work abroad . |
| 28 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 29 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 30 | The rooms were tall and dusty , and I had the feeling of rooting through an attic chest , the effects of a dead person , and coming to know them , through the old letters , the scraps of journals , the keepsakes , with a disturbing intimacy . |