Example sentences of "[verb] i 'd [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 2 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 3 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 4 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 5 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 6 | You then followed me to the ticket reservation counter , chatted up the girl afterwards , found I 'd booked a Business-Class seat to Brussels , did the same yourself and waited outside the final departure lounge until you saw me boarding . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd , I 'd I 'd got a four year old toddler and a and a eighteen month old crawler when , when I was your age . |
| 8 | I was told I 'd got a little girl , then I heard her crying . |
| 9 | ‘ I had geared my mind after being told I 'd had a son . |
| 10 | How did you guess I 'd got a secret plan ? ’ |
| 11 | But I remember I 'd got a box on my mantlepiece erm not only was I using the pessaries but I was also taking these when the period was due . |
| 12 | I remember thinking something unprintable as I flew through the air and remember wishing I 'd worn a body protector as I landed very hard . |
| 13 | AROUND noon , I decided I 'd earned a break . |
| 14 | I suppose I 'd expected a stunt-man who pulled off hair-raising feats for kicks . |
| 15 | ‘ How did you know someone had been strangling me if everyone else in there was willing to believe I 'd had a fit ? ’ |
| 16 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 17 | He said of his winter sporting expedition : ‘ I felt I 'd reached a decent standard by the end of the week , although I did take a tumble or two . |
| 18 | I knew I 'd used a contraction you know . |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 20 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 21 | I also thought I 'd written a better poem because I 'd struggled with the voice , forced myself to hear it again in my mind and to reply to it . |
| 22 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 23 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 24 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 25 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 26 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 28 | I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well . |
| 29 | I was in bed for a week with concussion and the doctor said at first he thought I 'd got a broken pelvis . |
| 30 | Well , I thought I 'd got a bloody good hand there . |