Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd seen it in a junk-shop in Edinburgh and brought it all the way down . |
| 2 | ‘ You might cook him a wonderful pie and then you 'd find he 'd given it to a drunken beggar , and no matter how kind you thought him after a while you 'd want to kill him . |
| 3 | Prison does that to some men , though , he 'd heard it on a documentary . |
| 4 | suddenly it all ended when a SAC , who was n't even a suspect , admitted that he 'd done it during a fit of depression ; with a pair of pliers , not a knife ! |
| 5 | The first time he 'd done it with a boy , he 'd been ashamed . |
| 6 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 7 | He 'd used it about a lot of his friends behind their backs , particularly if they were homosexuals or had other sexual tastes he considered unusual . |
| 8 | It was thoughtless of Miguel to take the vehicle — but maybe he 'd needed it in a hurry . |