Example sentences of "[adv] i 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This made me aware of how badly I 'd done with the domestic arrangements . |
| 2 | The most I 'd allowed myself to see of the inside of that room during his three months at Sleet was himself half naked ruled into a margin of light . |
| 3 | But Sally was so good , Luckily I 'd remembered to pack the Farley 's Rusks and she had those mixed up with boiled water the guard got for me from the restaurant car . ’ |
| 4 | Luckily I 'd thought it out before . |
| 5 | Luckily I 'd had some speed earlier : when I was on blues I could get through anything . |
| 6 | The lines led off to somewhere I 'd begun |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd rather I 'd done it behind his back ? ’ |
| 8 | No apparently I 'd gone in the bog , I was n't feeling bad or anything . |
| 9 | Apparently I 'd chosen to pee up against a police station , so they took me inside , and told me off , and of course I apologized . |
| 10 | Especially I 'd got my comfort-dream . |
| 11 | If only I 'd gone along with the doctor 's proposals , it would have been over by now — completely and painlessly over , and any feelings of guilt I might have had as a result I would surely have dealt with ages ago . |
| 12 | I saw now what I 'd known all the time , only I 'd hidden it craftily from myself because it did n't fit in with what I wanted to do , that Terry and I had no basis for a love-affair ; we were friends who happened to be attracted to each other physically , which was far from enough , and by thinking it was enough we 'd gone against the very nature of our relationship . |
| 13 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 14 | ‘ If only I 'd recognized the signs of Bubbleshake contamination when I met him . |
| 15 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 16 | If only I 'd stayed — ’ |
| 17 | If only I 'd touched your hand , |
| 18 | ‘ Pa , if only I 'd made it up with you , ’ she cried . |
| 19 | She had lain awake the night before , thinking , if only I 'd made Dan stay . |
| 20 | If only I 'd lived 'longside you , |
| 21 | ‘ If only I 'd 'elped you more you might still be 'ere . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Oh if only I 'd known ! |
| 23 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 24 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
| 25 | Gee , if only I 'd known that earlier in life . |
| 26 | ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you . |
| 27 | ‘ If only I 'd listened to the old folk telling their stories . ’ |
| 28 | If only I 'd looked earlier on ! |
| 29 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
| 30 | If only I 'd had one of them , it seems |