Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd seen a hundred funerals . |
| 2 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He said he 'd played a few years before but was very out of practice |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He said he 'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances . |
| 9 | Before he 'd gone a hundred yards Joseph saw a burly French colon cuff an Annamite coolie roughly about the head at the curbside after descending from his pousse-pousse . |
| 10 | Over the past few weeks , he 'd detected a fiendish intelligence in the machine whose sense of humour he empathised with . |
| 11 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He 'd gained a great deal of self-confidence . |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | Cos one day we found him and he was choking to death practically and erm er Tam , Linda 's husband turned him upside down and smacked his back , he 'd eaten a one pound coin . |
| 17 | ‘ He only found out what he 'd missed a few years ago when some German came in asking questions . |
| 18 | The man later told police he thought he 'd struck a cardboard box . |
| 19 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 20 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 21 | Michael , when he was at s When he was at school , he won a scholarship to university , when he got to the university he said as if he 'd made a great discovery . |
| 22 | In fact , he 'd made a real scene about it yesterday . |
| 23 | He 'd made a regular spaghetti junction of his potato . |
| 24 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 25 | The BBC told him he 'd made a promising start . |
| 26 | Ablett argued furiously with referee Ken Redfern that he 'd made a clean challenge on the inspirational McAllister . |
| 27 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 28 | Asleep , he 'd felt a terrible pain in his upper arm . |
| 29 | She strained away , but saw that her breasts were thrust out further , and now she had a new sensation to worry about — the liquid feeling in her loins as if he 'd built a small fire there . |
| 30 | He 'd ruptured a vital artery and could have died if he 'd gone on stage one more time . |