Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 32 | So I went and saw a building contractor , friend of me Dads and er he welcomed me with open arms , he 'd just got a contract for building council houses down Dunson Street at Netherfield . |
| 33 | She 'd just got a job at Simon Peter 's , a twenty-four-hour supermarket chain that catered for all funeral needs . |
| 34 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 35 | Unless he 'd just bought a bed . |
| 36 | Finally , Mrs M. R. Ault of Gravesend , Kent , wrote to say she 'd just bought a ribber and how could she knit a V-neck band using the ribber . |
| 37 | Trading standards officers were first alerted to the danger by someone who 'd just bought a mixer . |
| 38 | His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ? |
| 39 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 40 | Not only had I gained the technical degree I 'd been chasing , but I 'd finally achieved a position in a business when I could use that expertise to its full potential . |
| 41 | I 'd got a baby — forty-two hours in labour , but I 'd finally got a baby . |
| 42 | so I said the next best thing I said is ring Sarah and she said she 'd already sent a gift , no have a conversation with her , is Lorraine coming today , no she said Terry 's decorating never said where |
| 43 | Roirbak led the way to the laboratory annexe of the complex , where he 'd already prepared a couple of rooms for their research . |
| 44 | She 'd already made a bit of a name for herself , only locally but you know what the Germans are about music , and the district party bosses liked romantic pieces so she became the star turn at their more respectable booze-ups . |
| 45 | Her little squad had survived one firefight , but she 'd already lost a quarter of her manpower and she was sure that the enemy had plenty of reserves They needed rest and medication , that was the first priority . |
| 46 | She 'd already blown a couple of splendid interview opportunities . |
| 47 | Forester could simply melt away and leave the area , but his own freedom was n't his main concern ; he 'd already spent a week away from Cumbria , and he had a sick fear of returning to find the clinic ruins empty and the valley returned to placid normality . |
| 48 | It 's just slightly off er , the track at the moment , if you were writing a living assurance plan for someone , and they 'd already got a Covermaster plan , |
| 49 | ‘ He 'd already got a fare when we left the theatre . |
| 50 | Which , I later discovered , was most forthcoming for George but he 'd already had a couple of orange squashes himself . |
| 51 | In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land . |
| 52 | ‘ I 'd always wanted a farm , although I had no experience of it at all . ’ |
| 53 | A face that was poignantly familiar , as if she 'd always carried a picture of him in her heart . |
| 54 | She 'd always owned a horse or pony since a kid . |
| 55 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 56 | He 'd always had a thing about Famous Last Words . |
| 57 | And they 'd still got a majority of ten percent , you see the fifteen percent went as well , you see ? |
| 58 | Yes they 'd still got a lot of those tins left . |
| 59 | They , they 'd still got , anyway they 'd still got a lot of tinned stuff |
| 60 | I 'd hardly made a sound . |