Example sentences of "'d [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They 'd heard her a little at rehearsal , but not properly , not consistently , and not without interruption and background noise . |
2 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
3 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
4 | They were determined to confront the English Heritage inspector , but it soon became clear he 'd given them the slip . |
5 | I thought someone 'd given me a TV set — I was so excited , I ripped the box open and this girl went , ‘ Can I have your autograph ? ’ |
6 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
7 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
8 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
9 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
10 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
11 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
12 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
13 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
14 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
15 | I said ’ Oh yes ’ and I saw the and he 'd kept the collar on , and of course he 'd given me the one that tossed his head up did n't he ! |
16 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
17 | He 'd given her a string of cultured pearls as a wedding present . |
18 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
19 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
20 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
21 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
22 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
23 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
24 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |
25 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
26 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
27 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
28 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
29 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
30 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |