Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 2 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 3 | There was no answer to that , so I sighed heavily , and said , " Oh , all right , " as if he 'd bullied me into it . |
| 4 | They probably thought you 'd added me as a convoy . ’ |
| 5 | c I think I she 'd seen me at my worst on Friday |
| 6 | Anyhow , ’ he continued , ‘ the three of us spent the day locked in consultation , as Marc called it , the result being that he came charging to my rescue , routed the two con-merchants , who thought they 'd got me over a barrel , and generally behaved like the perfect human being he is . ’ |
| 7 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
| 8 | He knew I needed the money and he knew he 'd got me for for a he 'd have got me up at six o'clock in the morning if he 'd have needed me . |
| 9 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 10 | He 'd invited me to a supper dance after the show on Christmas Eve . ’ |
| 11 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 12 | My parents were fond of travel , and they 'd brought me on a trip , long before people had even heard of package holidays . |
| 13 | That was nice of Nevil , he 'd provided me with a cover story — I was supposed to look as if I 'd been mugged . |
| 14 | Those nights of passionate improvisation after she 'd introduced me to her two friends from Peredelkino , the writers ' village . |
| 15 | Once he 'd introduced me to the Princess , he never said another word . ’ |
| 16 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 17 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 18 | I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry . |
| 19 | My father brought me up — he 'd trained me to be the nicest kind of boy , tough , self-reliant . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'd struck me as a very kind , caring man , so I rang him and found myself pouring my heart out . ’ |
| 21 | Whatever it was , he 'd served me with his final invoice and I 'd paid it in full . |
| 22 | After you 'd deserted me to my dubious fate . ’ |
| 23 | B : If you 'd left me as captain , none of it would have happened . |
| 24 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 25 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 26 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 27 | You were thinking that I had married her for her money , and that she 'd married me for … all the wrong reasons . |
| 28 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |