Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he wanted to represent a protean form now , however impossible ; wanted to find a way to fix what he 'd seen at the door of his hotel room , when Pie'oh'pah 's many faces had been shuffled in front of him like cards in an illusionist 's deck . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish I knew , ’ Gregson said wearily , and repeated what he 'd seen at Whitely . |
| 3 | The palm wine he 'd drunk at the evening banquet must have driven all sense from him … his first taste . |
| 4 | He 'd retired at fifty five , to run this er small holding we 'd got you see ? |
| 5 | He did n't always win , and occasionally he came a cropper — just as he 'd done at Masons ' gates a few days before . |
| 6 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 7 | He 'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look . |
| 8 | It was a late start because of the poor education he 'd received at the local Protestant school . |
| 9 | All that it would take would be a couple more calls like the one that he 'd received at home , at three o'clock that same morning , from the night manager of a certain parkside hotel . |
| 10 | He 'd wept at the lack of talent , enjoying the attention of fifteen girls , and had played the hard-bitten foreign correspondent to their naivety . |
| 11 | Paddy Byrne meant nothing to him , yet he 'd appeared at the graveside this morning . |
| 12 | And Jim went out and got drunk in Invercargill with a man he 'd met at the last A&P show , Bill McKirdy , and he stayed with Bill that night to sleep it off . |
| 13 | After some confusion over the ordering , Haverford gave them a lengthy account of his love affair with one of a pair of identical twins whom he 'd met at a Red Mole party in 1965 . |
| 14 | At least he 'd made someone happy , he thought drily , regretting that he 'd snarled at the lad in front of him . |
| 15 | Newman gave Tweed the name of the hotel he 'd stayed at during his earlier visit , said yes , he was phoning from a call box when Tweed posed the question . |
| 16 | I would rather he 'd stayed at home with us , but it was his choice , and he 's not a child any longer . ’ |
| 17 | Schellenberg held up a piece of paper which was actually some stationery from the hotel he 'd stayed at in Vienna the previous week . |
| 18 | This was n't what he 'd planned at all , a detour . |
| 19 | He 'd grinned , he 'd chuckled at her brother , who was sitting very quiet throughout , rather flushed and excited-looking though . |
| 20 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 21 | Since he 'd arrived at Montpelier Square he had been listening for the slightest movement elsewhere in the flat . |
| 22 | Mr Shami Hoad , a heating engineer , who arrived at court with his wife Samantha , told Cheltenham magistrates that he 'd arrived at his home at Alma Place in Gloucester in July last year to find 2 strange men in his house . |
| 23 | He 'd fucking had his dinner at six o'clock , I do n't even know what I rang the club later , I tell you like , twenty past he 'd arrived at the club and he was early , where 'd you go ? |
| 24 | He 'd recorded a telephone conversation — a call he 'd taken at home . |
| 25 | If he 'd driven at 40 miles an hour he would have driven straight past . |
| 26 | I think it was his grandfather 's name that he 'd er , he 'd acquired at at that at that time . |
| 27 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 28 | ‘ Great , ’ said Simon , and he 'd smiled at them both . |
| 29 | Earlier today she 'd been jealous because he 'd smiled at the three women in a way he 'd never smiled at her . |
| 30 | He 'd railed at Jamila and accused her of adultery , incest , betrayal , whoredom , deceit , lesbianism , husband-hatred , frigidity , lying and callousness , as well as the usual things . |