Example sentences of "i had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why you did n't hear any of the bobsleigh cos I had the bloody thing going |
| 2 | I had the second show at the Hanover in 1964 and then I was persuaded by Robert Fraser to make a move from the Hanover to his gallery . |
| 3 | In the fifth sitting of the Committee on 19 December I had the following to say : ’ It would not be helpful to establish such a council on 1 April 1993 when the colleges become self-governing and will require a period of stability . |
| 4 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 5 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 6 | I had the first one in Harlow ! |
| 7 | Another bonus arrived within a week , when I had the first glimpse from the sea of the opposite coastline of Koraloona , with its empty sandy beaches and the great dormant volcano of High Island rearing up behind it , while in the distance I could even make out Hodges , the copra island . |
| 8 | I think that 's when I had the first nightmare … |
| 9 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 10 | Now I had the first set of these dividers over in this country . |
| 11 | Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’ |
| 12 | So I had to look after myself so I I had one and then I had the other one , just stop at two . |
| 13 | there 's a wee bairn been in the , in the , in the , my daughter was staying in , and I had the other two . |
| 14 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 15 | all through the weekend he was n't sleeping at night , he was up all night and he was just really yeah , he was really naughty and he was erm , I mean I had the other two erm , |
| 16 | I had the other one . |
| 17 | No , it 's that he , he goes , if I had the other one he could have done it there and then on the computer . |
| 18 | I had the unhappy job of telling Barrymore and his wife about her brother 's death . |
| 19 | I had the funniest hand . |
| 20 | I had the supreme luck of an RAF posting to South Africa , where I enjoyed over two years of non-stop climbing without a rainy day ! |
| 21 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 22 | ‘ I just do n't feel I had the right level of care . ’ |
| 23 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 24 | I had the right card , it was the card number five which was for the hot wash as , hot wax as well . |
| 25 | I do n't think I had the right attitude towards it . |
| 26 | I had the strong feeling the place was empty . |
| 27 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 28 | I had so far managed to avoid being kissed by the old bat , but I had the strong feeling that , by the end of the day , she and I were going to be getting physical . |
| 29 | But if these beings had left any fingerprints I had the strong feeling they would n't be the kind you get down at Scotland Yard . |
| 30 | I had the strong impression he might be tempted to come back and give us a bit more front-line colour from the other side of the grave . |