Example sentences of "[subord] she 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside it was cool and restful , with honey-coloured stone tiles covering a huge entrance hall , where she 'd promptly dropped her suitcase and flight-bag and made a dive for the kitchen and the fridge to quench her raging thirst . |
| 2 | She looked towards the bag , where she 'd lovingly wrapped the two priceless items , believing them to be precious — but only because they 'd belonged to her beloved father . |
| 3 | This was a problem that merited expert advice , and , although she 'd only met the personnel director once before , she 'd liked him . |
| 4 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 5 | She 'd always preferred French cricket , although she 'd naturally never told Stephen that . |
| 6 | Ace in particular seemed genuinely interested in her work and , although she 'd never really been fooled into thinking his life was a hedonistic round of pleasure apart from risking his life sixteen weekends a year , she was quite surprised at the dedication he displayed in keeping fit and the work he put in behind the scenes . |
| 7 | There was a spattering of noise at her window that could only be thrown gravel , although she 'd never heard the sound before . |
| 8 | Damn this man and his ability to force her into probing her own psyche more deeply than she 'd perhaps ever done before . |
| 9 | She had to be brave enough to finish the job , braver than she 'd ever been before , really to fulfil the Promise and the Law . |
| 10 | Then , faster than she 'd ever climbed before , she went up that tree . |
| 11 | And with the vague , uneasy sense that , having forced the door open a little way , the country on the other side might prove a lot stranger than she 'd ever imagined , she walked on in subdued silence for a while . ) |
| 12 | When Miss Poraway had mentioned a Tupperware party Mrs Stead-Carter had gone much further than she 'd ever gone before . |
| 13 | Her waist looked even smaller with the great spread of the skirts and the blueness of her eyes was more intense than she 'd ever known . |
| 14 | There was n't much traffic about at that time of the morning and Jean was driving faster than she 'd ever done before ; trees , hedges and fields just flashed past as the Cortina fairly gobbled up the miles . |
| 15 | She 'd taken an instant liking to Arnie 's new girlfriend , who was patently far more suited to him than she 'd ever been . |
| 16 | She was no more secure than she 'd ever been — one mistake , and she 'd be out on her ear ! |
| 17 | One moment she had been happier than she 'd ever been in her life , the next she was alone again . |
| 18 | His voice was harsher than she 'd ever heard before . |
| 19 | She just made it to the bathroom in time , before she parted unceremoniously with the contents of her stomach , then hung weakly against the side of the washbasin , more wretched and humiliated than she 'd ever felt in her life . |
| 20 | Fortunately the Aer Lingus 737 had delivered her from Heathrow in less than an hour , so she 'd barely had time to become bored . |
| 21 | There was no one about in the woods , so she 'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could . |
| 22 | And that people who told porkies went into the oven , and serve them right so she 'd better watch out . |
| 23 | It had been a sweet night — the shadows growing deeper as they 'd talked , until she 'd finally drifted off to sleep with his arms tight about her and his lips on her hair . |
| 24 | She looks like she 'd involuntarily belched . |
| 25 | For just a second she thought she saw a flicker of admiration in his eyes , but it was gone in a flash , leaving her to wonder if she 'd simply imagined the look . |
| 26 | Diane glanced across as if she 'd momentarily forgotten that they were there . |
| 27 | If she 'd already heard of Burrows ’ escape , she would assume that our attention would be directed towards him . |
| 28 | Knowing full well that a half would be the husband 's , which would be taxable , the other half would also be the wife 's , and would therefore be taxable if she 'd already absorbed her three four four five . |
| 29 | She felt as if she 'd already been questioned on the rack , and fitzAlan had n't even tried to force any definite answers out of her . |
| 30 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |