Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They put in my real balance which was something like £7.50 — but they 'd given me their stamp . |
| 2 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 3 | She 'd given him her trust and he 'd thrown it back in her face , practically falling over himself in his haste to share the story with this woman . |
| 4 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 5 | He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about . |
| 6 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 7 | ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’ |
| 8 | She asked me how I knew and I told her she 'd taught me what to look for . |
| 9 | He 'd enjoyed them himself when he was younger . |
| 10 | ‘ When we 'd caught them they 'd both gone . |
| 11 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 12 | For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness . |
| 13 | Yes , and erm , I 'm very sorry about it , er , because if they 'd breathalysed me I would have failed as well . |
| 14 | The corollary to that sad case actually was when after we 'd moved them we got another phone call six months lad er later from this very lady who was leaving the house and moving out . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 'd made it you 'd presumably insist it was Irish stew . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 'd seen her you would n't say that . |
| 17 | The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet . |
| 18 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 19 | Her heart beat crazily within her as she recalled that the last time she 'd seen him she had hit him with all her might — and from the look of fury on his face he was not easily going to forgive her ! |
| 20 | He 'd seen it himself but he 'd see it again just to keep latched on to them . |
| 21 | And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor . |
| 22 | But the moment she 'd said it she 'd realised she meant it . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 24 | Nobody had , I 'd done it myself , you see and I did n't want to know and er I did n't want anybody to know you see but er , he was marvellous I know and I know there was something else tiny came away it 'd only be about six or eight weeks but it was , I think anyway what was lost was found and I was in hospital for about fourteen days . |
| 25 | No , nothing at all about the lock and two years after closed and it was because of this because the men on the phone told me so and er anyway brought about the bridge and er I er accepted it , you know what I mean , it was that was it , I 'd done it myself . |
| 26 | I did n't mind , I 'd done it myself in the past and probably will again . |
| 27 | Her garments were removed as swiftly as if she 'd done it herself . |
| 28 | She said she 'd done it herself . |
| 29 | So it was er hell 's pells for three quarters of a mile nearly for your dinner and hell 's pells back and I guess time you 'd done it you 'd have worn it off anyway . |
| 30 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |