Example sentences of "he 'd just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 2 | I put ads in the dog press , and a chap from the Isle of Wight showed interest as he 'd just lost his . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd have heard him all over the shop , ’ he said , ‘ and he came off the phone complaining that he 'd just lost 40,000 . |
| 4 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 5 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 6 | He 'd just attended a pottery class at the Guild Hall in Gloucester and as usual , went to get the bus home . |
| 7 | Then he stood up and strode from the room , and she all but collapsed into the chair he 'd just vacated , feeling as though she 'd been battered by a storm at sea . |
| 8 | He said he 'd just met Mr Datchery . |
| 9 | When we decided to treat Rob to a make-over , he 'd just decided to get rid of his curly bob and wanted something sleeker — fabulous timing on our part , do n't you think ! |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , as if he 'd just completed a mental calculation , ‘ that 's quite right . |
| 11 | He was a red-faced man with a pitted complexion who always looked exhausted , as if he 'd just completed a marathon . |
| 12 | When I met him he 'd just done his shopping for two weeks . |
| 13 | In the first attack , he 'd just popped into a shop in the Lake District — and returned to find the panels of his £52,000 BMW 750i all kicked in . |
| 14 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she forced herself to speak slowly and calmly , refusing to let him know he 'd just lit a tinder within her , ‘ it may have escaped your notice that you were not the only member of the cast — come to that , you were n't the only male , either . |
| 16 | I did n't know he 'd just shot Mr. Banks . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd just discovered Rocky Roads . |
| 18 | He 'd just begun . |
| 19 | Then realizing what he 'd just heard , Dowd drew a long , slow breath . |
| 20 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 21 | The twenty year old salesman claimed he 'd just pushed the animal away with his foot after it had messed all down his clothes . |
| 22 | He 'd just turned sixteen — and she was a married woman , with a child . ’ |
| 23 | I think you said he 'd just moved into the area recently . |
| 24 | In deck shoes , casual close-fitting denim Bermudas , and black polo-shirt , his hair tousled as if he 'd just jumped off a boat , he looked very large and male and intimidating . |
| 25 | Ah no he was , he , he would n't sit on his chair cos he 'd just called me an arsehole and I goes oh sit down Greg ! |
| 26 | ‘ He 'd just tasted Mrs Venables ' cake and was cutting into Mrs Feather 's . |
| 27 | He 'd just stopped going back for more . |
| 28 | ‘ So , by the time he had made one broom the floor of the hut was covered in bits of twigs , and he had to use the broom he 'd just made to sweep the floor of his hut clean before he could start making the next broom . |
| 29 | He 'd tell me things there , and I 'd get so excited about whatever he said was going to happen , and half the time he 'd just made it up . ’ |
| 30 | And he 'd just made a film and , we were watching something |