Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he wanted to represent a protean form now , however impossible ; wanted to find a way to fix what he 'd seen at the door of his hotel room , when Pie'oh'pah 's many faces had been shuffled in front of him like cards in an illusionist 's deck . |
| 2 | The palm wine he 'd drunk at the evening banquet must have driven all sense from him … his first taste . |
| 3 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 4 | He 'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look . |
| 5 | He 'd wept at the lack of talent , enjoying the attention of fifteen girls , and had played the hard-bitten foreign correspondent to their naivety . |
| 6 | Paddy Byrne meant nothing to him , yet he 'd appeared at the graveside this morning . |
| 7 | At least he 'd made someone happy , he thought drily , regretting that he 'd snarled at the lad in front of him . |
| 8 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 9 | He 'd fucking had his dinner at six o'clock , I do n't even know what I rang the club later , I tell you like , twenty past he 'd arrived at the club and he was early , where 'd you go ? |
| 10 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 11 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |
| 12 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 13 | He had in his hurry left one drawer just a little open , and was now delving into the carpet-bag , which he 'd found at the bottom of the shelved larder . |
| 14 | But it would have been costly because he 'd worked at the paper for so long . |
| 15 | He 'd looked at the sheet of newspaper with the long-necked figures and the rough lines , and had seen the type underneath and its story about a car bomb in the city centre . |
| 16 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |