Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as though she 'd expected him to wear a City suit . |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten I had a professional to impress . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten I had a husband . |
| 4 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 5 | But he 'd made it swallow a hook beforehand — ( Serafine opens her mouth and wiggles her little finger inside , and both Xanthe and Miranda squirm at the sight of her soft tongue , imagining the laceration , the capture. ) — And this little hook 's at the end of a thread , and the thread 's attached to a trapeze of sticks hanging above . |
| 6 | A year later , when the war had started and Gordon was already in the Navy , she 'd met this Peter in Bond Street and he 'd invited her to have a drink , reaching for her elbow . |
| 7 | We 'd asked them to create an image on the theme of ‘ Love Sees No Colour ’ : Pierre et Gilles came up with ‘ Lola ’ , a white glamourpuss demurely fingering a large black erection . |
| 8 | In the beginning Marian took on a lot of criminal work and admits wryly that the ‘ old lags just thought they 'd led me have a try ’ . |
| 9 | He 'd encouraged her to enter a writing competition . |