Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd lived in thestreet for thirty two years … and worked as a scout or college servant at Trinity College . |
| 2 | There was always a hunger for newspapers and magazines ( usually preferred to books ) and he 'd heard of baptizers in Patashoqua who named children by stabbing a copy of the London Times with a pin and bequeathing the first three words they pricked upon the infant , however unmusical the combination . |
| 3 | Morse had immediately picked up a copy of The Times , and proceeded to hold this newspaper like a crusader flaunting his emblazoned shield as he 'd stood beside Hodges at the check-out . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted him to chase me , not literally , though I would have been madly impressed if he 'd charged up Piccadilly on a white stallion , but I just wanted some firmer confirmation that he loved me . |
| 5 | He said Oliver was extremely embarrassed , as well he might have been , because he was buying flowers to make his peace with a girl he 'd gone to bed with the night before and been impotent with . |
| 6 | And erm he 'd gone to sea at a very early age and had er both steam and sail and you k I 've given you his history , er and he was quite a fellow . |
| 7 | When I closed the window , I was thinking specifically of Sydney Burrows , then I heard he 'd gone to Gainsborough after all . |
| 8 | Then he 'd gone into Belfast with the samples and had cracked the car 's exhaust on the ramps outside a police station . |
| 9 | During the exchange itself he 'd moved from suspicion to disbelief to disgust and finally to acceptance of Estabrook 's proposal . |
| 10 | One minute he was shall we say in Arford , next minute woof , he 'd shot to Johnston through somebody 's window ? |
| 11 | He knew that he 'd fallen for bait like a fool . |
| 12 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 13 | Perhaps he 'd fallen in love with the girl . |
| 14 | He 'd fallen in love with the decorative arts of France of the 17th and 18th centuries and wanted to furnish his house in that style . |
| 15 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |
| 16 | He 'd flown into Staverton in Glocestershire with his fifteen year-old daughter specially for the concert . |
| 17 | He 'd kept in touch with her since he left home . |
| 18 | He 'd stopped in front of the side door , a flimsy hardboard affair with a Yale lock , distinguished by a fist-sized hole to the side of the metal keyhole . |
| 19 | I would rather he 'd stayed at home with us , but it was his choice , and he 's not a child any longer . ’ |
| 20 | Ponchos , like the one he 'd used as protection on the roof , covered their khaki uniforms . |
| 21 | Seconds later he 'd leapt into car with the kids , his bare torso on someone 's lap on the front seat . |
| 22 | Marler , still holding the executive case he 'd refused to hand to José , noted the curtains were drawn the full length of the large room . |
| 23 | Rune had brought her to the home he 'd shared with Lotta for — how long ? |
| 24 | The can of soup that he 'd left on top of the flame was starting to bubble when he got back . |
| 25 | He 'd grinned from ear to ear , grey eyes dancing . |
| 26 | She recalled that he 'd spoken with passion about his family … |
| 27 | During this time he 'd settled with ease into the household , which had surprised the girls who looked after him ; they had anticipated difficulty . |
| 28 | At the time of interview , he had cut his habit down from 2 grams to 0.25 gram a day and was ‘ saving up ’ small amounts of methadone that he 'd bought in doses of 50ml at 5 a time : |
| 29 | Now once he got in for his half , half pint in , in the in the passage he 'd have , he 'd have a good swig and , and it was about when he 'd got to bottom of the glass put it down . |
| 30 | ‘ My dear girl , you 'd have thought him very ill-bred if he 'd talked about money to you , and even if he had , you would n't have understood the relevance of what he was saying , any more than he understands how well off we are . |