Sentence examples of "tinha" in Portuguese

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O menino tinha medo da escuridão. The boy was afraid of the dark.
A mãe dele tinha razão. His mother was right.
Tom tinha certeza de que encontraria outro emprego. Tom was sure he would find another job.
Eu tinha medo de me perder no escuro. I was afraid of getting lost in the dark.
Perdão, Jorge! Não tinha te visto! I'm sorry, Jorge! I didn't see you!
Nunca tinha comido comida chinesa antes. I've never eaten Chinese food before.
Napoleão Bonaparte tinha medo de gatos pretos. Napoleon Bonaparte feared black cats.
Parecia que ela não tinha me reconhecido. She didn't appear to recognize me.
Ele não tinha a intenção de te machucar. He didn't mean to hurt you.
Nunca tinha visto esse tipo de árvore antes. I've never seen that kind of tree before.
Tom não tinha a intenção de machucar ninguém. Tom didn't mean to hurt anybody.
Ele encontrou por acaso a câmera que tinha perdido. He found his lost camera by chance.
Ele deixou claro que tinha a intenção de fazê-lo. He made it clear that he intended to do so.
A água mal tinha fervido quando ela colocou os ingredientes. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.
Tom veio para devolver um livro que tinha pegado emprestado. Tom came to return a book he'd borrowed.
Tom perguntou a Mary onde ela tinha colocado a chave. Tom asked Mary where she'd put the key.
Tom perguntou a Mary onde ela tinha posto a chave. Tom asked Mary where she'd put the key.
Eu vi um cachorro. O cachorro tinha um pedaço de carne na boca. I saw a dog. The dog held a piece of meat in its mouth.
Eu não tinha vontade de ir; preferia ficar em casa, curtindo minha solidão. I didn’t want to go; I preferred to stay home, enjoying my solitude.
Ela tinha acabado de começar a ler o livro quando alguém bateu na porta. She'd just begun to read the book when someone knocked on the door.
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