Example sentences of "i had [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 And I followed this with a suitably modest smile to indicate without ambiguity that I had made a witticism , since I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness .
2 I thought within myself , ‘ With what eyes these poets see nature ! ’ and ever after , when I saw the sun-set stream upon the objects facing it , conceived I had made a discovery , or thanked Mr Wordsworth for having made one for me !
3 I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well .
4 Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing .
5 Not surprisingly I have never heard from any of them since , although I felt that I had made a number of new and lasting Russian friendships that night .
6 Prior to writing the script , I had made a list of the cast , designated local actors for the various roles and had them called for the 2pm ‘ woodshed ’ run-through .
7 But I had made a mistake and not put the fellow 's name and address in my book .
8 ‘ But over a couple of months of pilot programmes , I simply felt I had made a mistake by leaving .
9 I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two .
10 They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ .
11 It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home .
12 I had made a flask of tea and some sandwiches but had run out of milk at home , so I brought a stoppered bottle along planning to buy some milk in Keld .
13 ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through .
14 I realized I had made a mistake .
15 I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake .
16 I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction .
17 Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) .
18 It is as if I had made a small betrayal .
19 Girl 's do n't ‘ do ’ the season any more ; it 's not like it was in the past , ’ said Sophia Burrell , 17 , who confessed to having missed most of the grooming session laid on by Lucie Clayton School of Modelling , ‘ because I had to do a law course ’ .
20 I had to do a scene with an actor playing Big Ears and was thrilled when I was told I 'd got the part , ’ she said .
21 I had to do a lot of talking to get out of that one , Folly .
22 That 's a I I had to do a little bit of er adaption work on the on the curtain rail put that on .
23 ‘ There were a lot of traumatic phone calls between the two of us and I had to do a lot of soul-searching .
24 I 'm , I think I had to do a days .
25 If I had kept a sizeable pig unit , I would have grown barley for grinding into meal .
26 Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back .
27 ‘ In my time at Burmah Oil I had led a complete reconstruction of the Group .
28 When I emerged I had to borrow a pair of chef 's trousers , ’ he admitted .
29 I had to sacrifice a lot of things in that movie .
30 Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little .
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