Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he may not have done another thing ; he may just have faded into obscurity if he 'd lived on . ’ |
| 2 | When he 'd lived Outside , before the Store , he 'd got accustomed to going for days without food and then , when food did turn up , eating until he was greasy to the eyebrows . |
| 3 | I wish he 'd lived long enough to meet you . ’ |
| 4 | The rent on this new place , like the rent on all the places he 'd lived in since he arrived in the city , was paid for by the Social Security . |
| 5 | I think if he 'd lived now , he 'd live differently . |
| 6 | Carson said that in theory his own place was within the flood basin , but there had never been any trouble as long as he 'd lived there ; places right on the towpath used to get flooded regularly when the tide was high . |
| 7 | He 'd lived there most of his life and got on well with his neighbours . |
| 8 | The only vehicles he 'd seen here so polished were hearses . |
| 9 | After the lesson he told me that he wanted to buy a really good shirt he 'd seen somewhere , and I enquired into the resale potential of the item with a view to recovering my outlay in case of bankruptcy , which amused him further ; and then I gave him my terms . |
| 10 | Morse thought it must be the splendid grandfather clock he 'd seen somewhere that he heard chiming the three-quarters ( 10.45 a.m. ) as he and Lewis sat beside each other in a deep settee in the Lancaster Room . |
| 11 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 12 | Philip remembered the room he 'd seen yesterday , empty and dead , shaped like a shoe-box . |
| 13 | He knew what happened to men and women whose notion of themselves had become degraded ; he 'd seen how traitors worked with a special spite , with a fury that was reserved for themselves as they twisted the knife in the wound . |
| 14 | One Manchester United fan insisted he 'd seen very few disturbances . |
| 15 | He had drawn the cross he 'd seen so briefly , and coloured the stones red and the setting yellow . |
| 16 | With annoying irrelevance it occurred to Quentin that the name of the film on the television screen was Three Smart Girls , which he 'd seen about thirty-five years ago , when he was a child himself . |
| 17 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
| 18 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 19 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 20 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 21 | Then he remembered he 'd given up smoking the damned thing . |
| 22 | They had little money to spend once he 'd given up riding altogether but they shared love in abundance . |
| 23 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 24 | Until now , he 'd given up hope that such a burgeoning time would ever come again . |
| 25 | Gillian told me he 'd given up smoking . |
| 26 | Fergus , used to the occasional cigar with his brandy now that he 'd given up his pipe , pronounced the smoke quite cool , and objected more to the sweet taste of the Old Holborn than to the scent of resin . |
| 27 | He 'd given up woodwork , having driven a splinter through his thumbnail . |
| 28 | Did that mean she actually did have a choice , that he 'd given up the idea of evicting her ? |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't understand why he 'd given up a job he clearly loved to come back here . ’ |
| 30 | He 'd given up trying to drum his fingers into his thigh . |