Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] 'd [adv] " in BNC.

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1 McGinlay equalised for Millwall after the restart with a cracking 18-yard shot after a howler by Hoddle who 'd earlier fluffed a clearance .
2 McMenemy might have been thinking of Steve Williams , another promising talent who 'd already won six England caps when he moved from Southampton to Arsenal in December l984 .
3 Lee and Mrs Wright who 'd nearly reached the gate by the road turned and waited .
4 Maggie asked Ethel who 'd just returned from the top level .
5 The next minute , he was the teasing , confident extrovert who 'd calmly stripped off in front of her in his bedroom that night .
6 Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week .
7 Randy and Merlin Sherwood 's beautiful mother adjusted her mascara in the driving mirror and eyed Rupert Campbell-Black who 'd just rolled up alone in a dark green Ferrari to watch his daughter , Tabitha , play in the first final for the under-fourteens .
8 However , such is the current power and purpose of a team who 'd only ever won four times before the start of this season , that nothing less than victory will do to complete a remarkable transformation from perennial under-achievers to Championship top dogs .
9 When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge .
10 An impish musical visionary who 'd previously worked alongside Marc Almond and Barry Adamson , she enlisted the help of vocalist Frances Adie and ex-Tommy Chase Quartet keyboard player Teddy Edwards .
11 Some , they said had been declared unroadworthy by the Department of Transport who 'd then banned then from the roads and others were needed as evidence of alleged offences .
12 And er there there was a major who 'd only got one eye .
13 And Irina 's husband , Dimitri Volkov , was involved in a passionate relationship with a woman of Russian descent , the daughter of a well-known anti-Soviet activist who 'd recently died , Yuri Warren , alias Yuri Varienski .
14 He pushed that from his mind , and his mind filled instead with the face of a lad on a bicycle who 'd once been friendly , and the face of another who did n't mind playing Find the Penny in the hut on the golf-course .
15 ‘ The look on your face was like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd just been caught with a stolen pie .
16 Brian and Terry remained slightly more cautious , Anderson saying , ‘ I 'll give it a Ben , ’ a reference to Ben Weir who 'd always said , ‘ I 'll give it another month . ’
17 er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't
18 Here she was , past the prime of life it was true , but grumbling because others depended on her for their family traditions to be kept up , and here was Doris Smythe with no family and unable to do much for herself — and she was the sort of person who 'd always helped others when she was younger , Linda remembered .
19 He was the first person who 'd ever really bothered about her .
20 He knew how to look at you as if you were the only person who 'd ever interested him .
21 An innocent who 'd somehow wandered down into the rat run , just asking to get bitten .
22 I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own .
23 ‘ How could a scrap of a woman who 'd never left the country get mixed up with some crazy Venetian ?
24 All her joy drained away like water spilled on sand as instead of Penry Vaughan 's tall , broad-shouldered figure she came face to face with the woman who 'd once been his wife .
25 So people who 'd either gone to the football or
26 Now the main target of the attack were the , the local tyrants , the evil gentry and the , the lawless landlords , people who 'd previously held power before who the peasants , or who the communists were trying to , to take the power away from , they , they were people who were it was possible to motivate the peasants against er again phrasing everything , er the people are evil , you know , that they , they were tyrants .
27 ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back .
28 ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’
29 And as I say , if it was done in a very civilized way by people who 'd perhaps learnt to smile or somehow turn this , what must be a minor offence , into a minor occasion , erm I think it , it might actually ease relationships .
30 Staff who 'd long feared redundancies were on the cards hear the news at meetings today .
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