Example sentences of "but he 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 'd had more lately . |
| 2 | He 'd tried several , imitating his Mum 's signature but he 'd scrumpled them up and put them in the waste paper basket . |
| 3 | He had n't really believed him but he 'd dug all the same and his Dad had been angry . |
| 4 | Their veteran spokesman thundered occasionally from the back benches , but he 'd been banished to the backwoods by popular opinion . |
| 5 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 6 | Probably Sam kept good tools somewhere , but he 'd hidden them away . |
| 7 | But he 'd always refused to sell any of his antiques . |
| 8 | But he 'd done neither ! |
| 9 | But he 'd had that last night — or rather , in the small hours of the morning . |
| 10 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 11 | It was a bad cut , but he 'd shrugged it off . |
| 12 | But he 'd never had his leg over , not once in all those years . |
| 13 | Mod 's other branches had gone flamboyant or hippy or student or young married , but he 'd stayed staid . |
| 14 | I found out he 'd fired his caddie John Moorhouse and then he 'd tried a German lad , but he 'd only lasted the practice round ! |
| 15 | We 'd entered him in the Novice section , but he 'd been upgraded in the meantime . |
| 16 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |
| 17 | But he 'd never done well there . |
| 18 | And Mr Fry was floating out there in the mistiness , and he was busy wallpapering too but he 'd got the paper in a mess — he 'd put the paste on it and picked it up paste side nearest and it was sticking to him . |
| 19 | She 'd agreed with the head lad that there was no need for him to get up extra early , but he 'd insisted on leaving Shine On 's feed already made up . |
| 20 | He had only one more room to do , he said , and he should have finished long before this but he 'd been badly delayed in the car on the other side of the dining car , which he had in his care also . |
| 21 | Whitehall would have known , but he 'd been told nothing . |
| 22 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 23 | He looked better , but he 'd been in and out of his wits so many times in the past weeks there was no knowing . |
| 24 | But he 'd risked losing everything else too . |
| 25 | But he 'd braked suddenly , and broken the momentum . |
| 26 | But he 'd stopped now , he was staring at the tissue . |
| 27 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 28 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 29 | It was not his plan , but he 'd been outmanoeuvred and he knew it . |
| 30 | Then Louie grins and says : ‘ He is welcome to drink here but he 'd better not choose the chair with its back to the door . ’ |