Sentence examples for I'd maintained from inspiring English sources

When I was single, I'd maintained a mental video of my future offspring loosed onto a large back lawn.

I'd maintained a 3.4 GPA.

Within a week I'd bought it, and by the end of a month I'd resumed the 15-hour-per-week computer-game habit I'd maintained since childhood.

I began tying my sneaker laces -- and, mind you, as long as I'd been conscious, I'd maintained complete control over my finger and hand muscles - when he kept making comments like, "I am so proud of you for being able to tie your shoes," and "This is so amazing to watch".

I'd maintain that smacking was a sort of cultural expression.

However, I'd maintain that there's no need to cover the meat with water if you have a tight-fitting lid and a low enough heat.

If you are against animals in captivity full stop then there is perhaps little scope for discussion, but even so I'd maintain that some of the following arguments (not least the threat of extinction) can outweigh arguments against captivity.

(I'd note that I have had similar dishes in Morocco itself though, so this may well be a perfectly reputable and authentic style of tagine). However, I'd maintain that there's no need to cover the meat with water if you have a tight-fitting lid and a low enough heat.

Writers had used it before, but I'd maintain that Céline's great contribution to modern literature is the elevation of sarcasm, of a mordant, sneering cynicism (what the French call narquois) to an art form, a tone that would become a staple of late-20th-century writing, through to Johnny Rotten gurning at his audience.

I'd maintain that divestment is still one of the best places to be pushing (though obviously lots of other tactics are needed too).

I would maintain that an alliance between Catholics and Muslims is possible".