Example sentences of "'d often " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd often despised older men for hasty , inept dying operations . |
| 2 | I 'd often watched her carrying them from the pile outside , spreading them out , fluffing them up . |
| 3 | He 'd often asked himself the same question . |
| 4 | I 'd often wondered what I 'd do in such a position , but it was simple . |
| 5 | He knew that at night , alone in his room , he should be crying , but no tears came ; that in itself was strange , for he 'd often cried about small things , such as seeing a fox with its leg in a trap , still alive , its eyes begging for release . |
| 6 | She 'd often wondered about the Holy Ghost , and now wondered further if Mr Dickens 's stories had any connections with Him . |
| 7 | Well now I 'd often wondered what you got up to when I left you here . ’ |
| 8 | She was a beauty and he 'd often wanted to steal a kiss , but had had enough sense not to try . |
| 9 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 10 | We 'd often talked about it and I 'd always said , No , I would never do anything like that until I got married . |
| 11 | She sighed heavily , as if she 'd often met this concrete wall of misconception , and she leaned forward and looked at him intensely . |
| 12 | And , since I 'd often been obliged to meet his other women during the course of his business , I maliciously decided that he would have to encounter my bit on the side , day in and day out . |
| 13 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 14 | With his father and his mother , he 'd often walked along the cliffs , by the golf-course . |
| 15 | In the train , in the tunnel , he asked her things he 'd often wanted to ask , but never dared . |
| 16 | I 'd often thought of doing a TV commercial . |
| 17 | Indeed , we 'd often hooted at a poster of a diminutive Den , aged six , which bore the words : ‘ He 's six , he sings , he syncopates . ’ |
| 18 | She 'd often been accused of impersonality in her work and it was the criticism that stung her most . |
| 19 | Now I 'd often pushed my nose against the window and thought what a classy joint it looked but as someone who would rather spend £50 on a coat than a meal , the prices had come between us . |