Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] at the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times .
2 Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days .
3 She recognized all the people she 'd seen at the dinner table in the Llandogger Trow and at the Frolic .
4 For lunch we had damp oat-cakes we 'd bought at the village shop .
5 The palm wine he 'd drunk at the evening banquet must have driven all sense from him … his first taste .
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