Example sentences of "i had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Initially , I had much support but then I became introverted . |
2 | Basing my decisions on body shape and colouration I thought I had four males and three females . |
3 | and you 'll you know it does it itself you just , you , with the computer you just say well I had four pounds and I spent a pound on that and two pound on this thirty pence on that and it goes pow does it by magic . |
4 | I had four cameras lying around me on the seabed , all set at different distances . ’ |
5 | I was walking across from suddenly being squashed under one and I had four guys in the car and they were all giving me defence . |
6 | Today I had four baths to fill in time and I invented you . |
7 | and mum had two glass fulls , but she did n't drink hers so I had four glass fulls . |
8 | I had four attacks altogether , the most recent only a few weeks ago after I had watched Everton beat us 3-0 at Old Trafford . |
9 | ‘ When we played Everton I had four people working with me , ’ recalls Biggins , ‘ but now I 'm working on my own for the VAT man . |
10 | I had four children now — Charlotte , Branwell , Emily and Anne . |
11 | ‘ I was running a film company , a charity , modelling and doing the BBC Good Sport I had four careers going . |
12 | ‘ I had four solos throughout the set , which is quite generous really . |
13 | I had four months on permanent duty here . |
14 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
15 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
16 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
17 | Although I was hungry , I had great difficulty in digesting and so my nights were bad . |
18 | When I left the army a couple of years ago , I had great difficulty coming to terms with my change in status . |
19 | ‘ I had great difficulty coming to terms with it and adjusting to the problem . |
20 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
21 | And I I think I had great admiration for the er in particular for the the woman who was the erm president of the tenants association . |
22 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
23 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
24 | I had great hopes for him , and for the school under his leadership . |
25 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
26 | I had five sittings , an hour at a time . |
27 | ‘ I had five lines of dialogue , ’ he reflects . |
28 | At last I had five pounds — but when my father and I went to buy them we were told that they cost fifteen pounds , a considerable sum of money to an eight-year-old , and way beyond my means . |
29 | Then I had a baby every year after that until I had five girls and three boys . |
30 | And I had five sons , a disabled father , according to the media , and er , I got on with it . |