Example sentences of "he 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | He visited them in Egypt , accompanied by a girl he 'd met in a bar , who proved to be a lesbian . |
| 2 | But later still he admitted he 'd had his doubts . |
| 3 | Swore like a trooper under his breath as the bus swayed through the leafy lanes , saying he could no longer make out the landmarks , that he knew such and such a tree or house was in such and such a place , he 'd passed it so often in the bus , but now could barely see it . |
| 4 | When he 'd gone , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I began to try out different possibilities . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'd just tasted Mrs Venables ' cake and was cutting into Mrs Feather 's . |
| 6 | He 'd kept the curious out while the doctor made his examination . |
| 7 | Phipps 's latest conquest — he rarely went long without excitement — had been the childless and bored Mrs Venables , whose cake was the last he 'd tasted , and whose husband was the local chemist . |
| 8 | The difficulty was , he 'd chosen to be charming so very , very often . |
| 9 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 10 | Not that he 'd ever for a moment think of … taking advantage , so to speak , of a young woman of loose morals like Mrs Heatherington-Scott . ’ |
| 11 | Arthur said he 'd never had their second message , and the fuss all died down , but he 's always come when we 've sent for him . ’ |
| 12 | Cook tells me he 'd seen it somewhere and wanted one for his wife . |
| 13 | He 'd just begun . |
| 14 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 15 | Then he 'd inherited and blown the lot , only alcoholism and smack-addiction to show for it after eighteen months . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought he 'd reformed to be a daddy . |
| 17 | The management rep told me he 'd even heard whispers of sympathetic action among the statistical clerks . |
| 18 | The following Saturday she agreed , at least , to go with him but then all she did was pick holes : ‘ Carpet 's frayed , ’ she said , after inspecting an apparently immaculate place in Muswell Hill ; ‘ Too far from the shops , ’ of a modern luxury development on the prestigious fringes of Hampstead Heath ; and of the one he 'd had real hopes for , a newly-converted maisonette over towards Crouch End — ‘ original features all been taken out . |
| 19 | In the heart of the vast city , Daddy again , his brown eyes bright , you could see his sparse hair growing down by the minute into the Hippie pigtail he 'd been too young or too old and always too respectable to wear … |
| 20 | He 'd been beaten up once and arrested once . ’ |
| 21 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 22 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 23 | The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day . |
| 24 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 25 | Enthusiastically he told me that he 'd always wanted to visit Morocco , live there even , and that our hashish was the best of all . |
| 26 | He 'd expected it , he added , since he noticed that I had my own plate and cup at work , and bought tea for whoever was sitting with me . |
| 27 | I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments . |
| 28 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 29 | He could speak no longer : he 'd swallowed his voice , choking on the words , while his wife 's voice , which had always been weak and incoherent before , rose high into the air , followed by those of his daughters and his sisters . |
| 30 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |