Example sentences of "'d [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
2 | It was n't worth the arguments with her husband , she 'd reasoned . |
3 | My favourite was a Wendy house which he 'd furnished with a tiny drop-leaf mahogany table , two matching chairs and a T.V. with clicking knobs and a picture of the Queen behind the perspex screen . |
4 | She 'd heard Lucy at meetings , fielding worries , steering the conversation around the reefs and sandbanks of ego and uncertainty . |
5 | I 'd heard on the grapevine it was nearly settled . ’ |
6 | I 'd heard it was a lovely area but was n't prepared for its rugged beauty . |
7 | Well , I do n't reckon he 'd heard me coming . |
8 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
9 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
10 | They audience was ready for a great star because they 'd heard that he was . |
11 | He 'd heard of the place . |
12 | He 'd heard , had n't he ? |
13 | He 'd heard them . |
14 | Philip did n't think he 'd heard him right . |
15 | It was the noise he 'd heard before . |
16 | She 'd heard the landlady say how it was all over now bar the shouting . |
17 | It was the first time she 'd heard her speak . |
18 | Dot did n't know what a banana tasted like , though she 'd heard Mrs Parvis talk about them often enough . |
19 | SHe 'd heard about how gender meddling had been outlawed because of the high suicide rate among the successfully mutated . |
20 | Naturally , she 'd heard of this legendary Tech-Green , and was disappointed someone of such intelligence and vision had allowed maudlin dross to get in the way of his career . |
21 | I doubted if he 'd heard . |
22 | He 'd heard over and over again how fast she 'd died . |
23 | When we 'd checked the recording we 'd heard Sinatra singing ‘ My Way ’ . |
24 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
25 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
26 | for the cry of a baby he 'd heard ; |
27 | a gift for the babe he 'd heard cry . |
28 | It was the same roaring she 'd heard just before she and the cottage were swept away . |
29 | In the end Maggie dragooned four Australian chaps , and a Cockney girl who 'd volunteered as soon as she 'd heard help was needed . |
30 | A few seconds later Susan came bursting in as she had been upstairs when she 'd heard Maggie 's voice . |