Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd come " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wo n't linger on the shingle flats , for I 'd come to climb , and the route of my choice was the first to be recorded in Wales . |
| 2 | I knew I 'd come to the right place . |
| 3 | Sometimes I 'd come down to see people and do things , but only when I wanted to . |
| 4 | I 'd come 7,000 miles at three days ' notice — and for what ? ’ |
| 5 | I had two big conflicts and would end the day a bag of nerves , not knowing whether I 'd come home with anything . |
| 6 | The temptation to return safely back up where I 'd come from was enormous . |
| 7 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 8 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 9 | I 'd come out on the simple camera-fetching errand without the complete zipped pouch of gadgets but I did have with me the belt holding my knife and the multi-purpose survival tool , and on the back of that tool there was a mirror . |
| 10 | If I turned precisely one hundred and eighty degrees I would be facing where I 'd come from . |
| 11 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 12 | See , I told you I 'd come . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I 'd come along and lend a hand , ’ he smiled at Maggie . |
| 14 | ‘ Every time I got them involved with the story , ’ Hopper explained , ‘ I 'd come back at them and say , ‘ Ha , ha , it 's only a movie … ’ ’ |
| 15 | Tip — I think the world of Tip junior and I did the father ; they helped me a lot — just did n't realize I 'd come all the way over from Ireland by boat and by train up to St Andrews to carry Arnold 's bag . |
| 16 | I said I 'd come down . |
| 17 | Like everyone else , I 'd come to Hawaii for the waves , but some clandestine part of me had been plotting all along to make love on the beach beneath a palm tree . |
| 18 | Told me I 'd come 5 kilometres . |
| 19 | By now this was so unusual that Karen did n't even realize I 'd come until I told her . |
| 20 | ‘ A few days after the funeral , ’ I said , ‘ Karen phoned to ask if I 'd come over and help her dispose of some of Dennis 's effects . |
| 21 | Hey , I recognized this bit — it was near the top of the rocky path I 'd come up before ! |
| 22 | It was difficult , too , to tell how far I 'd come on my own : before , we 'd been talking and time had probably passed quickly . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew I 'd come to the right place . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I decided I 'd come home early tonight . |
| 25 | How could you leave me when you knew I 'd come for you ? |
| 26 | You knew I 'd come , did n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'd come out cringing and demoralised . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd come home and find things like the kitchen practically blown apart because the girls had put a tinned steak and kidney pudding in the oven and forgotten to take its lid off , ’ he laughs . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd hoped , like you , that everything would be all right , that I 'd feel differently once the baby came , that I 'd come to like living in the country . |
| 30 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |