Example sentences of "'d [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
| 2 | But he 'd heard every word . |
| 3 | Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 6 | He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had hauled herself out of bed about twenty minutes ago when she 'd heard the doorbell . |
| 11 | She 'd heard the landlady say how it was all over now bar the shouting . |
| 12 | He 'd heard the story from three other people questioned in the village . |
| 13 | A crowd of people who 'd heard the music and the laughter from outside stood in the doorway , smiling bemusedly . |
| 14 | At least twice a week we 'd heard the sermons broadcast from a nearby mosque and were both sure that the preacher was Sheikh Fadlallah , one of the main spiritual leaders of Hezbollah . |
| 15 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
| 16 | He 'd been about to call him and find out what was going on in Brooklyn when he 'd heard the voice and the rapping on the door . |
| 17 | I 'd heard the name , who has not ? |
| 18 | I 'd heard the door spring open and the stairs groan as she made good her escape . |
| 19 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 20 | We 'd heard the dogs ' barking spreading through the trees when they 'd first been unleashed . |
| 21 | I had n't , I 'd borrowed it from Duncan but I 'd heard the Hell 's Angel crack so many times before I suddenly decided to charge him for it . |
| 22 | She 'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock . |
| 23 | Perhaps he 'd heard the rumours . |
| 24 | ‘ Overwhelmingly , doing the singles , the review was written before I 'd heard the record . |
| 25 | He had just remembered where he 'd heard the phrase with which Crepi had rung off . |
| 26 | He 'd thought he 'd die himself , he said when they came to the white iron gate , he 'd thought he 'd die when he 'd heard the woman 's scream , sharp as a blade above the whine of the wind and the rain . |
| 27 | Dermot sounded almost as angry as Kelly had felt when she 'd heard the news . |
| 28 | We talked a bit more , about when we 'd heard the news , and so forth . |
| 29 | She was annoyed with herself since she knew after all that babies were carried inside , and once she 'd heard the news she saw clearly the difference in Belle Maman 's appearance . |
| 30 | But even those who 'd heard the news seemed undeterred . |