Example sentences of "she 'd [vb pp] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His mother had shown him lots of things , photographs and even odds and ends she 'd had as a child , but she 'd never shown him her wedding-dress . |
2 | For the truth was that she 'd been offered promotion a dozen times — in spite of the fact that when she 'd started as a trainee she 'd had no formal training , no experience , nothing to commend her but a fistful of ambition . |
3 | She 'd worked as a prostitute long enough to know she 'd survive , but she did n't fancy six cocks one after the other without respite . |
4 | My mother was visiting someone who worked there whom she 'd known as a child . |
5 | Sometimes she 'd found it difficult to believe a word he said , but he had been there to meet her when she 'd arrived as a stranger . |