Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was really happy for him because now he 'd answered the question , ‘ Could he win a major ? ’ |
| 2 | Perkin knew it was I who had remembered that the floorboards should have floated , and on Monday he 'd seen the plank on the dining-room table and heard Doone and me talking in close private consultation . |
| 3 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 4 | No , not some fanatical carp angler frightened of someone looking in his bait box , but carp that mouthed a bait and spat it out before the angler could strike — if he 'd seen the bite , that is . |
| 5 | He had a microphone in his hand and his eyes were set way back in his head , as if he 'd seen the Lord once too often . |
| 6 | ‘ He said he 'd seen the film once an' did n't want to see it agen . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And Doyle never referred to the fact that he 'd seen the Asian girl near to Charlie 's ? ’ |
| 8 | He 'd seen the change that had come over Chantal since the news that Philippe was still alive . |
| 9 | I did n't think he 'd seen the lad on the floor . |
| 10 | He 'd seen the walls of reason built against it , brick by brick . |
| 11 | He 'd seen the face of Hapexamendios Himself , and half-crazed by the sight had been unable to resist the summons , and the binding , when it came . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , maybe he 'd seen the error of his ways , ’ I said lamely . |
| 13 | He 'd seen the movie . |
| 14 | They wanted to surprise him by jumping out and saying ‘ Happy birthday ! ’ after he 'd seen the presents . |
| 15 | He 'd seen the stuff that was pitched at them through advertising . |
| 16 | It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation . |
| 17 | It was on the pier at Stranraer that he 'd seen the man first , in the shed where they searched the cars . |
| 18 | Cormack had been swinging on the bar stool , fingering his wallet because Amanda 's appetite for food and drink had made his credit cards nervous , when he 'd seen the man in the raincoat in reception and the beer had spilled over his hand and left wet stains on the varnish for the boy to polish away . |
| 19 | But he 'd seen the advert in The Oxford Mail , and the prospect of an Open Day at Didcot had proved irresistible . |
| 20 | His eyes looked across to Morse 's : ‘ And he said he 'd seen the Torbay Express at Didcot , did n't he ? |
| 21 | He 'd already he 'd seen the bags going up and he 'd already got that in his head . |
| 22 | Earlier he said he 'd seen the driver leaning across to the left , perhaps to adjust a radio and that the children were fairly active in the back . |
| 23 | Erm one of the other things that , that was mentioned was the magazine he 'd seen , he 'd seen , he 'd seen the thing on |
| 24 | He gazed at the deep reds , purples and blues that dominated the central figure in the painting , feeling certain he 'd seen the image somewhere before . |
| 25 | After seeing him , because he thought that once he 'd seen the consultant it would then take some time to get the treatment started , but they must have got themselves over that . |
| 26 | But he 'd seen the number did n't he |
| 27 | He would have erm , if , he 'd seen the erm those two bi bits in that door , or there 's some o of a sort of slightly wider than other a little bit , he 'd have gone ! |
| 28 | He 'd given the address . |
| 29 | Dizzy knew the exact value of the people he kept , which was why he 'd given the estate management job to Diane and not to one of his regular hangers-on . |
| 30 | Or maybe he 'd given the McHoans some bits and pieces of furniture . |