Example sentences of "[conj] i 'd [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 2 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 3 | ‘ I used to think , sometimes , that I 'd built a house for strangers to live in . |
| 4 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 5 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 6 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 7 | I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't . |
| 8 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 9 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 10 | So he came to the conclusion that I 'd torn a muscle . |
| 11 | ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’ |
| 12 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 13 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me . |
| 16 | There 's a poster up in erm , and these two people that are drug addicts , and said like , did you see that I 'd drawn a pair of ears on one of them , turned around and seen Shane and he 's like his mate was the other one , were n't it ? |
| 17 | I became even more thankful that I 'd had a normal birth as it would have been so hard to cope after a repeat section . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 19 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 20 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 21 | Once I 'd mastered a none-too-straightforward control panel , which looks rather like those muticoloured ever-flickering computers you find on the dashboard of executive cars , my test run got under way . |
| 22 | Er , gi I 've done that you know , when I were younger and I 'd strained a heart muscle ! |
| 23 | And I 'd seen a most delightful villa — do you know St-Tropez , Jean ? |
| 24 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 25 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 26 | We 'd played in St. Albans and I 'd met a girl there , Claire , She was the Social Secretary at the college who 'd booked us in to play . |
| 27 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
| 28 | I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’ |
| 29 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 30 | and I 'd had a and er they , I never saw them on the floor . |