Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought they 'd hidden me away in a cupboard . |
| 2 | I must admit , I think it had been better if they 'd moved it all over the weekend and then just put it straight again on the Monday , that would be . |
| 3 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 4 | ‘ I had known David for quite a long time ; we come from Cambridge and I knew him vaguely in the early days — I remember when he joined the Floyd in fact — and I 'd seen him socially over the years . |
| 5 | No , but eh , another word that was I 've heard used , and it was , actually it was quite annoying because the chap used it , used it wrongly , but I did n't know that he 'd used it wrongly at the time . |
| 6 | I 'd been drawing since I was tiny — my grandfather is a very good artist , although he specialises in landscapes , and he 'd helped me enormously from the beginning . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish I 'd understood it more at the time . ’ |
| 8 | It was as though he 'd kicked her hard in the stomach . |
| 9 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 10 | All he had was $30 : he 'd blown everything else on a crazy night in Miami . |
| 11 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |