Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until Margaret 's frantic visit four days earlier she 'd resolved to apply herself assiduously to her job in an attempt to exorcise Marcus Pritchard from her memory entirely , and Denmark had meant nothing to her except as a dark finger of land on a map pointing upwards into the North Sea . |
| 2 | He 'd decided to treat himself . |
| 3 | ‘ By morning I 'd decided to take myself off to Prague . ’ |
| 4 | Her first sight of a submarine had brought back the pain of Gerry 's death and she 'd had to tell herself that those in the loch were ours , so they could n't be all that bad . |
| 5 | She 'd pictured giving herself to a man , but not until the right time and the right one came along . |
| 6 | She 'd wanted to throw herself on the floor , kicking and screaming to make the words go away , to make the lover want to stay . |
| 7 | The first couple of times she 'd arrived at a rendezvous and then lost her nerve , backing out before anyone could approach her ; but then she 'd tried getting herself a little drunk beforehand , and from then on the doors were flung open and she was away . |
| 8 | I 'd tried to safeguard myself by worming my way into her heart and confidences . |
| 9 | He 'd done something like it before , he 'd tried to purge himself of privilege by becoming a tramp , descending among the down-and-outs of London and Paris . |
| 10 | In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself . |
| 11 | She 'd managed to psych herself into just the proper frame of mind for a confrontation , but there was no guarantee that it would last . |
| 12 | One thing I distinctly remember about watching that kestrel hover happened on a clear blue day when I 'd managed to position myself practically underneath the bird . |
| 13 | At last they 'd managed to drag themselves away to this beautiful paradise island . |