Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself .
2 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 .
3 As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink .
4 Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before .
5 She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine .
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