Example sentences of "'d done [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hayling would take over as managing editor until somebody else could be found — he 'd done well enough on last year 's dummy . |
| 2 | Until Dane Jacobsen had barged into her life she 'd done pretty well , too , she thought darkly — but he had a peculiar knack of stripping away those carefully constructed defences , to reveal the real emotions underneath . |
| 3 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 4 | Knocks it in towards Speedy and got the final ball wrong but a shame he 'd done so well . |
| 5 | He 'd done so once , and seen them writhing in silent laughter . |
| 6 | Alan Strachan seemed genuinely pleased with the work we 'd done so far . |
| 7 | It was a way of gaining Veronica 's confidence , Loretta thought , launching into a description of the work she 'd done so far . |
| 8 | She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time . |
| 9 | The design , the cover informed her , was inspired by ancient Viking jewellery , which explained the serpentine interweaving of the colours , and her brain and fingers co-ordinated over the task with such dexterity that Leonora had no doubt this was something she 'd done often before . |
| 10 | It was very frustrating because I 'd made my debut when Ken Brown was manager and I 'd done really well . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd done really well in the test , he said , gaining the joint highest mark in the class . |
| 12 | He did n't blame her for what she 'd done half as much as she blamed herself . |