Example sentences of "i 'd [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 3 | So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself . |
| 4 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 5 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
| 6 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 7 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 8 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 9 | Even if I 'd agreed to a fifth series , Pemberley would n't have lasted for ever . ’ |
| 10 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 11 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |