Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | look , I think we 'd better put a dry bib on you as well , I think we 've got one in here , oh we 've got one in yeah |
2 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
3 | No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow . |
4 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
5 | He 'd obviously had a bad night had this poor bloke , you know . |
6 | She felt as if she 'd just escaped a raging tornado , flung to one side just in time . |
7 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , as if he 'd just completed a mental calculation , ‘ that 's quite right . |
8 | It was reasonable enough , but I 'd just signed a new contract with the company . |
9 | She was n't worried about her wardrobe in comparison to me having landed on the on the road , which I thought was extremely good considering that she I 'd just demolished a nice piece of her f er a piece of her furniture . |
10 | I remember waking up in the middle of the night with a big smile on my face , feeling really pleased with myself , thinking that I 'd just had a wet dream . |
11 | ‘ When I bought this hat , I 'd just had a horrible haircut so it covered up the mistake nicely . ’ |
12 | She said it was all just paper talk because she 'd just had a gorgeous postcard from Mark but it gets to them , I can tell you . ’ |
13 | But the crucial thing he had n't told us was that his girlfriend was one of the operators involved in the ring , and he 'd just had a big row with her . |
14 | ‘ And we 'd just bought a new car . ’ |
15 | She 'd just finished a seven-day sentence in Holloway prison . |
16 | She reflected indignantly that he 'd already eaten a substantial helping of bacon and eggs about three o'clock that morning . |
17 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
18 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
19 | She said she 'd always wanted a grown-up daughter to be real friends with . ’ |
20 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
21 | But erm he 'd always had a temperamental heart and erm at times he was n't at all well |
22 | She 'd always had a passionate side to her nature , she thought , suddenly making sense of her reactions to life . |
23 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |
24 | They would n't make those weird garden ornaments if they 'd ever seen a real nome . ’ |
25 | This was the first time she 'd ever had a close look at the entries , and she seemed to approve . |
26 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
27 | We 'd also had a double income and shared paying the bills , and I found I was petrified of getting into debt . |
28 | Jack 's sister Lorraine said she knew that June had dated Don Rose around that time but no one could confirm that he was the father , or his secondary claim that he had married June before the baby was born ( he said they had separated quickly and she 'd later got a Mexican divorce , though apparently no papers are available to support his allegations ) . |
29 | Supposing in innocently requesting him to escort her today , she 'd unwittingly committed a crass blunder ? |
30 | At 30 years old , I 'd really expected a slow labour . |