Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although they 'd pursued the same career , that career had taken them in different directions , their meetings infrequent . |
| 2 | You 'd adopted the same philosophy of pricing that . |
| 3 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 4 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 5 | When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department . |
| 6 | I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager . |
| 7 | He 'd used the same technique sometimes as a prelude to complaining about his marriage . |
| 8 | I 'd used the same plan as the previous day , but must have forgotten to change persons on board from two to one — dickhead ! |
| 9 | And when she 'd got the same blank response to two further letters she 'd sent him , Laura had sorrowfully realised that her marriage was indeed at an end . |
| 10 | She might be but er she 'd got the same red skirt on as she had she were wearing when we were there ! |
| 11 | Well they 'd sell you the most expensive because they 'd got the most commission |
| 12 | He 'd bought the latter just after he had crossed London Bridge . |
| 13 | I wished he 'd had the same confidence in front of audiences because he was probably the most talented actor of us all . |
| 14 | The change in net debt , er worth referring worth mentioning minus three point three million that much worse would have been significantly lower thirty five million or so lower if we 'd had the same year end exchange rate as we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 15 | Thus I learned that Chaplin was dead and so was Elvis ( I 'd thought the former long since gone but this intelligence of Presley startled me ) , that Iranians had held Americans hostage , administered show trials and televised humiliation ; that a geriatric cowboy had become President of the mightiest nation on earth all in all , show biz news . |
| 16 | He felt profoundly uneasy , for he 'd known the same sort of thing on several previous occasions : surviving relatives rabbiting on , as if so fearful of hearing the dreaded information . |
| 17 | And why she 'd reacted the same way yesterday evening when Jake had started questioning her about her private life . |
| 18 | She 'd waited the few moments it took for his lean , athletic figure to be swallowed up in the crowd , feasting her eyes on his receding back , fighting back the threatening tears . |
| 19 | As usual I just wished I 'd ordered the same as her : a bowl of smoked bacon and Roquefort cheese salad with garlic croutons . |