Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Leithia Everett ? ’ questioned an all-masculine voice that did n't belong to any of her fellow workers either — though somehow it seemed to be a voice she 'd heard somewhere recently . |
2 | Then , as she was about to replace the receiver , a deep male voice came from behind her — a voice she 'd heard only recently . |
3 | He was impressed by what he 'd heard so far , but how was all this going to come about ? |
4 | He 'd heard quite clearly Evans 's reference to his inside track with the Kriminalpolizei at Wiesbaden , to Kurt Meyer 's treachery . |
5 | She 'd come so far , she 'd given so much … and all of it would be meaningless without a final context of success . |
6 | She climbed into bed , leaning back against the pillows he 'd stacked so expertly . |
7 | ‘ I 'd fallen quite badly and had disc problems with my back . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I 'd realised that long ago , but it took the arrival of the boy to truly bring it home . |
10 | She had n't been acting when she 'd responded so passionately out there on the dance floor . |
11 | And I 'd succeeded all too well . |
12 | That 's why I crawl down holes and chuck myself off cliffs and ride the bike — it 's been the only way I could feel alive , but since I met you I 've come alive in other ways , ways I 'd forgotten long ago . |
13 | She reckoned that she 'd considered just about every possible course . |
14 | All the goals I 'd met so far — O-levels , A-levels , university — had been pre-planned for me . |
15 | Many were Shadwell 's acquaintances , people he 'd met only once or twice . |
16 | ‘ It is n't always , ’ Ginny said , wondering what on earth ( or in heaven ) was making her talk like this to a little man whom she 'd met only once before ; she hoped it would n't put him off her . |
17 | A man I 'd met only twice , a bit of a loner , invited me to go with him to the West Indies . |
18 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
19 | He 'd moved closer again , reached to stroke the nape of her neck , but she violently shook him off . |
20 | The solicitor was a scrupulously correct elderly man with no sense of humour and a dislike of being hurried , although he 'd moved quickly enough this time . |
21 | I just wondered what progress you 'd made so far . |
22 | The only vehicles he 'd seen here so polished were hearses . |
23 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
24 | He had drawn the cross he 'd seen so briefly , and coloured the stones red and the setting yellow . |
25 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
26 | I 'd seen long ago in a wild-life programme about |
27 | We guessed that this was the same set we 'd seen long ago on the journey from the Scullery when Abed had wanted to stop us reading them . |
28 | He was the sort of man she 'd seen far too much of when she 'd worked in Milan for International Models . |
29 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
30 | Francis wondered if he 'd pushed too hard . |