Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] for the " in BNC.

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1 I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one .
2 ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’
3 Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends !
4 They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew .
5 He 'd trusted for the last time .
6 The one you 'd booked for the summer had apparently dropped out . ’
7 It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time .
8 A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up
9 Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best .
10 The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread .
11 Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales .
12 He 'd come half past seven to eight to pay us as we came to work , to hand us the money we 'd earnt for the last week , always keeping about three days in hand .
13 He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap .
14 He remembered how she 'd sung for the passengers on the ship and how they 'd all liked her .
15 All he 'd got for the mite was a tatty old kite
16 Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up .
17 We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion .
18 Barbara was bored with the bob she 'd had for the past four years and was ready for a complete change .
19 Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane .
20 The blonde braid had fallen over her shoulder , shining honey-gold against the vivid jade of the T-shirt dress she 'd worn for the trip out here .
21 She slapped a handful of cold cream on her face and tissued off the exaggerated make-up she 'd worn for the showing , pulled her hair back into a ponytail , laced on her canvas sneakers , and stalked back to the showroom where Raimondo was hovering over a glowering Nicolo .
22 She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway .
23 Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor .
24 I thought you said you 'd gone for the evening , Rosalind . ’
25 When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle .
26 He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out .
27 So I called back again and the number was engaged , so I called back again and got through and he 'd left for the day
28 ‘ We 'd finished for the day , so I tied the rudder and then came up forward . ’
29 Mike Towers , with a background of newspaper journalism — he 'd worked for the Evening World in Bristol — assumed control of " Here Today " and he went for a harder , more newsy approach .
30 There , he 'd worked for the Corps ' news service , been wounded , gone home to study journalism at college and ended up with the Associated Press .
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