Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But in any case I 'd chucked all me things in the cemetery , you know , and that 's so when they caught up with me I had n't got any newspapers . |
| 2 | Since everything seemed out of my reach I was reduced to making friends with the pigeons who were everywhere , and whose gentle murmurings I 'd grown accustomed to hearing . |
| 3 | And he 'd always ask how much I 'd eaten that day . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah I did n't realize how long ago it was till I 'd eaten that . |
| 5 | The baggy cut of the jacket made me look as it I 'd eaten one roast dinner too many , however the loose fit gave complete freedom of movement — particularly useful for stretching when scrambling or skiing . |
| 6 | I was disappointed ; I 'd eaten better food on board . |
| 7 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 8 | Can you do one of me ? ’ , until I 'd completed twenty five or so in the space of about two months . |
| 9 | By the time we 'd got out of there I 'd received two ‘ love letters ’ from a couple of nine-year-olds and pocketfuls of poems and drawings . |
| 10 | I 'd hoped these two would get on . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought I 'd explained that ! ’ |
| 12 | I think Mrs Stove was a little worried about trusting her daughter to me that particular summer , as it was the one after I 'd struck young Paul down in his prime , but at nine years of age I was an obviously happy and well-adjusted child , responsible and well-spoken and , when it was mentioned , demonstrably sad about my younger brother 's demise . |
| 13 | Of course , Jim had instantly seen what I 'd missed all along with my stupid envy . |
| 14 | But I 'd missed that one . |
| 15 | So I 'd gone all the way down there and come back for half price basically , and lost on it . |
| 16 | Anyway it stopped , I thought I 'd gone deaf ! |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Even though I looked as though I 'd gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson ? ’ |
| 19 | He thought my parents were pressurising me to dress this way , or that I 'd gone mad . |
| 20 | And I went round town on Saturday and I 'd gone more or less from work as well so I 'd got my big bag with me and ooh my shoulder ! |
| 21 | But , if I 'd gone next Thursday there 'd be e English , and then it 'd be a a job for them if they |
| 22 | WHEN the artist Whistler came up with a memorable quip , Oscar Wilde observed wistfully : ‘ I wish I 'd said that . ’ |
| 23 | Oh I knew I 'd said that one wrong . |
| 24 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 25 | And he was obviously really furious that I 'd said that . |
| 26 | because I 'd said this , and I do n't know whether she was sussing me out |
| 27 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 28 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 29 | I 'd ruled that out because London numbers are seven-digit and Sal and Frank 's private radio phone had something like twenty-seven . |
| 30 | Damn , I thought I 'd locked this . ’ |