Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight , only a few minutes earlier , he 'd been following handwritten signs down a service passageway to the toilets when , for one brief half-second , he 'd seen a local councillor emerging through the doorway with the head of a pig on his shoulders . |
| 2 | ‘ And Doyle never referred to the fact that he 'd seen the Asian girl near to Charlie 's ? ’ |
| 3 | Driving on , he told Paula that Harry Butler was on the way , that he 'd given a brief description of Evelyn so Butler would recognize her , plus her address . |
| 4 | He 'd joined the International Brigade just before Franco 's final victories and been sent back when he was on his way to Cardiff to catch the potato boat to Bilbao . |
| 5 | He 'd heard the daily summary coming through some time after midnight , but he had n't bothered to check it ; anything important or relevant and Stoneley would have telephoned him direct , and there were too many big shadows and dark corners in the schoolroom for his liking . |
| 6 | ‘ It was probably something he 'd heard an old actor say , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 8 | Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season . |
| 9 | Then at the last moment he 'd pressed the small jeweller 's box into her hand . |
| 10 | Like when he 'd killed the clever boy , who had blasphemed the headster time . |
| 11 | He said he 'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances . |
| 12 | Bacci was n't sure if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 13 | And he 'd done the right thing in getting that wallet back to Blackbeard , because Blackbeard was horribly evil and would have come after them if Joe had n't been sensible . |
| 14 | William sat by the phone for a long while after he had called Preston , wondering if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 15 | He 'd done the right thing . |
| 16 | By the final whistle he 'd done the sensible thing and switched to Gazza . |
| 17 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 18 | When he 'd gone the Annamese woman turned to stare apprehensively at her husband . |
| 19 | He 'd swopped the black tracksuit for close-fitting washed-out denims and a loose crew-neck navy sweatshirt . |
| 20 | Over the past few weeks , he 'd detected a fiendish intelligence in the machine whose sense of humour he empathised with . |
| 21 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 22 | Art had always tried to give back what he had gained in life , he felt grateful for what he felt he had to be given , some said he 'd achieved a great deal , but in his heart he felt fate had dealt him with him gently and you have to make the most of the lo of the card life deals you . |
| 23 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 24 | He 'd gained a great deal of self-confidence . |
| 25 | Pete Woodward got one of the dead centres and he felt he 'd erased the previous day 's disaster . |
| 26 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 27 | Apparently he 'd called the previous evening and been surprised I was n't there . |
| 28 | At least he 'd kept the vital figures away from her . |
| 29 | The man later told police he thought he 'd struck a cardboard box . |
| 30 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |