Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] me " in BNC.

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1 Not a second 's pause and he 'd answered me .
2 He 'd seen me caddie and recommended me , it was a real break .
3 He 'd seen me read .
4 He 'd seen me working only once .
5 Then I saw a light aircraft orbiting overhead and started waving to it , but he disappeared and I did n't know if he 'd seen me .
6 Moore 's start in athletics came relatively late when he was 14 : ‘ One of the PE teachers at school had a son at Birchfield and , after he 'd seen me jumping well at school , he said , ‘ Why do n't you come down ? ’
7 I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case .
8 As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello .
9 I mean , he 's all , I mean he walked in the door , he was , I 'm coming down the garden , and erm , he walked down the garden and he 'd seen me , and he started really smiling .
10 Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip .
11 I was very much his son and it was six or seven weeks before I learned that the self-confidence he 'd given me , genetically and by example , to other people was mere boasting .
12 ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true .
13 It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him .
14 It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him .
15 I mean , he 'd given me experiences I could never have hoped for .
16 ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’
17 Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins .
18 I said ’ Oh yes ’ and I saw the and he 'd kept the collar on , and of course he 'd given me the one that tossed his head up did n't he !
19 Well , I do n't reckon he 'd heard me coming .
20 By midnight , he 'd asked me to marry him . ’
21 But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday .
22 He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview .
23 We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't .
24 I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time .
25 I thought it would be nice ; he 'd asked me specially .
26 There is a biography of Jasper Carrot which I can hardly wait not to read , there is a biography of Cliff Richard written by a woman who hugged him once 20 years ago ( ‘ I would have married him if he 'd asked me ’ ) .
27 beautiful And if he 'd caused me Pain , well
28 One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions .
29 Saw the man who thought he 'd killed me … saw the archer .
30 ‘ It would have been better if he 'd killed me , and had done with the whole thing !
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