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I had an exam in English is the most popular phrase on the web.

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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Mar 8, 2015 ... That being said I had an exam in English the other day and realised how terrible my english has gotten after I couldn't remember the word for�... 2015? 4? 3? ... Today, I had an exam in English and science. ??? ??? ?? ??? ???. 2. I was so sleepy while the exam was going on. ??? ??�... Mar 16, 2010 ... I recall a day in college [when] I had an exam in English and had some difficulty. He offered to help me translate texts. . . Between translations�...

I had an exam on English

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I had an exam in English

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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.

Mar 8, 2015 ... That being said I had an exam in English the other day and realised how terrible my english has gotten after I couldn't remember the word for�...
2015? 4? 3? ... Today, I had an exam in English and science. ??? ??? ?? ??? ???. 2. I was so sleepy while the exam was going on. ??? ??�...
Mar 16, 2010 ... I recall a day in college [when] I had an exam in English and had some difficulty. He offered to help me translate texts. . . Between translations�...