Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd dropped his rifle in the Abbey . ’ |
| 2 | The Milton Humberside who 'd clawed his way to the middle of the heating and lighting installation business in the space of only ten years ? |
| 3 | Caught between tears and laughter , she rushed into his arms , only now realising how much she 'd missed his strength over the past few trying weeks . |
| 4 | Perhaps the old gods had been listening , when she 'd made her wish at the Trevi Fountain . |
| 5 | Edwards 's trailblazing feat opened the way to others : by the time he 'd strapped his board on the roof-rack of his car , he claimed , three other men were already out . |
| 6 | I 'd seen his lorry in the lay-by . |
| 7 | I 'd phoned my father in the evening , and he did n't sound too well , so I drove down to see how he was . ’ |
| 8 | Ronni took a taxi to the college where Arnie was doing his summer school — she 'd phoned his flat from the station and been told that was where he 'd be . |
| 9 | It was n't until after she 'd left that she 'd noticed his name on the football reports . |
| 10 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 11 | Laura 's normally warm , full lips tightened in pain , and she gave a heavy sigh as she recalled Liz 's pale , wan face , so terribly bruised and cut when she 'd visited her cousin in the hospital this morning . |
| 12 | He 'd equipped his facility on the orbital Tech-Green research base — annexed to Sky City One — with an incuvat ; the means to commit virtual suicide in a complete reality . |
| 13 | They were grappling , and she 'd got her hand on the woman 's windpipe , holding her off , squeezing . |
| 14 | She 'd promised him money for the van , which she would make wearing that bloody badge . |
| 15 | Wickham suggested that once he 'd had his fun with the Linleys he could have owned up and put their minds at rest . |
| 16 | When I 'd extracted my head from the carrying rope , Kāli untied the bale and started scooping up armloads of pine-needles and throwing them to the top of the pile . |
| 17 | She 'd brought his coat from the car , and she wore it around her shoulders against the cold . |
| 18 | There was Danny Kelly , the man who 'd binned my review of The Blubbery Hellbellies at The Bull And Gate . |
| 19 | At 25 he 'd found his way into the hearts — and often the beds — of every foxy fraulein in the fatherland . |
| 20 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 21 | She was just about to step under the gushing spray when she realised she 'd left her sponge-bag in the other room . |
| 22 | She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car . |
| 23 | She said er it makes me wonder if I 'd left my purse in the car if it had of been our car that might have been dumped . |
| 24 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 25 | So I 'd left my pouch-seat in the control area to take my troubled mind back to my personal cabin . |
| 26 | I 'd left my pension from the Navy , but I 'd gone into what was then known as the police , er familiarly dockyard police . |
| 27 | I 'm certain he 'd hooked his umbrella through the handles of the handbag and pulled it out , right under our very eyes . |
| 28 | But the amazing thing was that , just after we 'd recorded our bit for the Gardeners ' World programmed , I spotted a couple of butterflies fluttering around the garden . |
| 29 | Disappointment at Cheltenham , where rain stopped play in today 's County Championship … and where yesterday wicket-keeper Jack Russell heard he 'd lost his place in the England side for the Headingly Test . |
| 30 | She 'd powdered her face in the lavatory on the train , examining her reflection in the mirror , thinking she was n't bad-looking . |