Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 'd just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , that answers quite a lot , ’ Lucy said , drawing a deep breath to indicate she 'd just seen the light . |
| 2 | I did n't know he 'd just shot Mr. Banks . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she forced herself to speak slowly and calmly , refusing to let him know he 'd just lit a tinder within her , ‘ it may have escaped your notice that you were not the only member of the cast — come to that , you were n't the only male , either . |
| 4 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 5 | That night in bed , not able to sleep , she remembered she 'd once knocked on Miss Malabedeely 's door and when Miss Malabedeely had n't answered she 'd just gone in . |
| 6 | When you walk into one of those cabins , you would swear you 'd just gone deaf . |
| 7 | I assumed he 'd just picked you for the resemblance . ’ |
| 8 | The heroine 's image faced fearful odds in the cube but she 'd make it and the girl would think she 'd just fallen asleep . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyone would think you 'd just received a death sentence . |
| 10 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
| 11 | The twenty year old salesman claimed he 'd just pushed the animal away with his foot after it had messed all down his clothes . |
| 12 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 13 | Anne realized that she did n't really want to leave she 'd just wanted a happier home . |
| 14 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 15 | Less than 48 hours later you 'd think they 'd just won the pools . |
| 16 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 17 | When I got your letter I knew you 'd just written it because you were bored out there . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you 'd just been made a director of this firm ? ’ |
| 19 | I thought she 'd just er you know , she was worried about her children cos as usual they 'd left the keys behind , they were the house . |
| 20 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 21 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 22 | I thought we 'd just agreed ? |
| 23 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 24 | ‘ Barratt was there , ’ says Howard , ‘ making sure everyone knew he 'd just had lunch with God . ’ |
| 25 | I thought he 'd just a few girls . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 27 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 28 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 29 | ‘ They said I 'd just got 50-60 years wear out of the knee in 15 years . ’ |
| 30 | Oh , Christ , I wish I 'd just done what you told me . |