Example sentences of "they 'd [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Had he forgotten how they 'd parted just a few hours earlier ? |
| 2 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 3 | They 'd seen too many of their comrades tread on something nasty or gut-shot in a FAKINTIL ambush . |
| 4 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 5 | If they 'd done exactly what she asked , she 'd have outmanoeuvred Maurice completely , as she assumed she would . |
| 6 | When the 850 patrons then rose en masse and made for the exits , the actors wondered what they 'd done wrong . |
| 7 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 8 | In London you could be robbed , mugged , murdered , even , and no one would take the blindest bit of notice , yet here , in this little backwater , they 'd done all they could and more . |
| 9 | If they 'd done so , if they 'd insisted that local authorities did provide the sites they are supposed to provide I believe there would now be sufficient pitches for all travellers and that they would n't be used for illegal parking erm at the level that there is at the moment . |
| 10 | What they 'd done together . |
| 11 | They 'd stomped all over him . |
| 12 | If they 'd played badly they might have expected a hiding . |
| 13 | Some hours later , under a dull red sunset , they were creeping up Kentra Bay in the shadow of Beinn Bhreac , past the bay where they 'd stopped too short the first raid , through the narrow channel to the sheltered pool behind . |
| 14 | She only mentioned one place after they 'd gone underground and that was where Gustav got married : Sangerhausen . |
| 15 | I went to collect my boots and jacket , but they 'd gone too . |
| 16 | It was Nimrod , it was Nimrod with Univers , it was , except occasionally there 'd be Grot nine , not because you felt they wanted to use Grot nine , but because they 'd said well what 's this one that has n't got serifs . |
| 17 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
| 18 | The walls had long ago disappeared under a solid mass of posters and playbills , some of them so old that they 'd faded completely . |
| 19 | He 'd forgotten to shut up his dogs ; they 'd waited patiently outside the front door . |
| 20 | At the finish they 'd covered around 1,400 miles and climbed 400,000ft — roughly a marathon every day and the height of Everest every four days . |
| 21 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 22 | They 'd moved away from the office district and she was now in an area of sandwich shops , electrical stores and ticket agencies where the traffic was heavier and the pavement crowds more dense . |
| 23 | Now Jesus came to town one day and everyone — including Zacchaeus — wanted to get a look at this healer who they 'd heard so much about . |
| 24 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 25 | yes , well I used to read a lot of story books , travel avidly and I think I forget all about the author and the story , but I remember one portion where they discovered a depression in the middle of a continent where it was in excess of and they 'd grown quite a different specie |
| 26 | Sticking straight up out of the sea as if they 'd grown there . |
| 27 | These women were middle class but they 'd broken away from their families . |
| 28 | And there was a lot of luck in life : some people would go to jail for badger-baiting ; but if they 'd baited just the foxes they 'd like as not be having sherry the next day with the Master of the Foxhounds . |
| 29 | For seven years they 'd lived apart — Adam in Wickrithe with Gran , herself in Coniston with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick — but now that she was back in Wickrithe , helping Gran with her bed-and-breakfast business for the summer , it was as if there 'd been no break . |
| 30 | Army uniforms they 'd made then , with a percentage of Utility clothes . |