Example sentences of "'d find [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The next day , there 's an advert in the paper — that she 'd found a black and white dog and handed it in to the police at Aigburth .
2 But by now I 'd found a new market — the Sunday papers .
3 I think he 'd found a new Hell Fire Club . ’
4 The bus landed him there at seven o'clock on a hazy morning and by lunchtime he 'd found a cheap hotel which was full of Africans in multi-coloured robes which seemed foreign enough .
5 Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream .
6 Even though I 'd found a fine lady to take care of him .
7 T. B. Bloody pest was stray animals , stray dogs — people would come up and say they 'd found a stray , and you 'd have to take it off them , take their name and address .
8 Mrs Dass exclaimed softly from her sun-chair in the bow window , and her husband confessed that he 'd found an old set of blackout curtains that were just about right for size .
9 I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison .
10 We cut into the same ventricle twice , believing we 'd found the other one .
11 After he 'd found the half-burned counterfoil slips from the railway tickets stuffed down the back of the apartment 's disused fireplace , his next move had been to return to his Militia post and report that an anonymous source had given him some information on the whereabouts of Alina Petrovna , escapee from the prison hospital and probable murderer of the psychiatrist Belov .
12 She thought she 'd found the perfect place to live , yet already it was slipping away and this cosy compartment was only a stage on to something else .
13 She 'd found the perfect present for her niece 's wedding .
14 They wore expensive suits and had the general air of men who 'd found the secret key to the money pump and were cranking its handle for all they were worth .
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