Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 2 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |
| 3 | She 'd placed herself at his mercy . |
| 4 | A year in Milan , Italy 's great fashion centre , had sounded close to perfect — at least , that was how the woman who 'd interviewed her at International Models had made it sound . |
| 5 | Hamnett took the towpath ; insofar as he 'd considered it at all , the old fellow thought he must have returned the other way . ’ |
| 6 | She 'd met him at one of Klein 's parties — a casual encounter — and had given him very little conscious thought subsequently . |
| 7 | She 'd enjoyed a brief dalliance with Lorimer a few years earlier , after she 'd met him at one of the receptions Wakelate had attended , incognito , on business . |
| 8 | He 'd met her at work , which was about the only place where he did meet people these days . |
| 9 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 11 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 12 | c I think I she 'd seen me at my worst on Friday |
| 13 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 14 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 15 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 16 | It took them what she reported it as soon as the office opened and they 'd done it at about ten twelve time . |
| 17 | I got in you know , on this guy he 's oh no , no , he said he he 'd got one at home , he said I ca n't afford blooming two ! |
| 18 | You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference . |
| 19 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 20 | She 'd watched him at his breakfast out by the terrace , and he could barely feed himself . |
| 21 | After the tragedy a couple of men had gone up with concrete posts : he 'd watched them at it . |
| 22 | None of the nurses spoke to me , nothing , till 2 o'clock that afternoon , which I 'd had her at 7.30 in the morning … |
| 23 | Yeah , I could n't even fight the thought that she 'd asked him at no what I mean . |
| 24 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 25 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 26 | She 'd thrown herself at him , of course . |
| 27 | She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been ! |
| 28 | When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again . |
| 29 | After he 'd left her at Wild Tor , they would never see each other again . |
| 30 | He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him . |