Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down . |
| 2 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 4 | He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , we 've never heard him DJing , we just really liked the stuff he 'd done with Primal Scream , and as for Fluke , well , we 'd heard a lot of really good things about them — plus they 're signed to Creation . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 7 | Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 9 | She mentioned a conference at Lancaster University , where she 'd given a talk called ‘ Bringing Spirituality into Organizations ’ . |
| 10 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
| 11 | She got an answering machine and was pretty certain that she recognized his voice from the times he 'd given a television reporter a few words at the scene of crime . |
| 12 | He 'd developed a contempt for men like Morgan and Evans . |
| 13 | One evening after she 'd completed a couple of laps of the pool she was surprised to see David Markham stroll out of the changing-rooms on to the poolside . |
| 14 | Did you feel that you 'd completed a phase ? |
| 15 | Did you feel that you 'd completed a phase ? |
| 16 | Perhaps they meant it , but he died of a fever his first winter here and it must have seemed to him that they 'd broken a promise . |
| 17 | Maybe he 'd joined a ship , he 'd done his national service in the navy . |
| 18 | We 'd joined a demo of people who wanted to put the wall back up and return to communism ! ’ |
| 19 | We 'd received a campaigns update from central office and had registered the big box pile up campaign with that campaign coordinator . |
| 20 | We 'd received a tip-off about a shipment of cocaine due in at Nice aboard a South American freighter , so when it was unloaded we were able to apprehend the gang without much of a struggle . |
| 21 | It had tried to snow over Christmas , but in London on the evening of the 27th , it was raining when Jack Carter turned into a small mews near Portman Square not far from SOE Headquarters ; which was why he had chosen it when he 'd received a phone call from Vargas . |
| 22 | ‘ I was wondering whether he 'd received a phone call , ’ explained Owen . |
| 23 | He 'd received a number of reports suggesting that the secret police were losing troops as , fearing the end was at hand , they were leaving their posts and returning to their families and homes . |
| 24 | Erm hopefully Terry reported that he 'd received a reply to his initial letter about the energy conservation bill . |
| 25 | We had Stevenage Town Hall on the Friday , The Marquee on the Saturday morning and Saturday evening we had the Brummel Club in Bromley which was David 's home town at that time — we 'd received a hell of a lot of publicity for that one . |
| 26 | Mrs Blakey spoke in a sudden , laughing kind of way , seeming relieved because she 'd received an answer of a kind . |
| 27 | Xanthe sucked each leaf of her artichoke thoroughly , leaving precise teeth marks above the fleshy pad , then laid each one down on a plate in overlapping circles until she 'd formed a rosette , a second artichoke that looked almost untouched . |
| 28 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
| 29 | I wondered right away if he 'd registered a complaint against you , Charity . |
| 30 | He 'd wagged a finger at her as she opened her mouth . |