Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us .
2 She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light .
3 He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' .
4 His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio .
5 He was obviously peeved that we 'd squared it with the music teacher while he did n't know anything about it .
6 Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it .
7 She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw .
8 They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film .
9 They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back .
10 He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him .
11 By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic !
12 I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics .
13 He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them .
14 I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich .
15 She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away .
16 He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired .
17 He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile .
18 Lucy reckoned that , for the man in charge , he had some staggeringly dull tasks to handle ; she 'd seen him in the stockroom once , counting every bottle in every crate of tonic water .
19 I 'd seen it along the end of the track .
20 Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said .
21 It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh .
22 Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop
23 ‘ I told her I 'd seen you over the weekend , ’ she relayed .
24 ‘ In her mind , she 'd twisted her into the daughter she and Gaston never had .
25 Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal .
26 They 'd used them in the war , gliders .
27 Joe said he 'd got them from the pawnshop .
28 But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’
29 , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting .
30 ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone .
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