Example sentences of "who 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So people who 'd either gone to the football or |
| 2 | But men who 'd probably been men since the age of 14 , when they decided that school was a wank and that , rather than hanging around waiting for a dead-end job , they 'd go out and find their own way to make a living . |
| 3 | All a pretty far cry from 30 Northfield Road , Hull , where a nanny was a goat , a boarding school a threat , and a bright young thing something who 'd probably just passed their eleven plus . |
| 4 | One who 'd probably mowed the nurses down in his student days , too , she thought with a flash of insight . |
| 5 | An innocent who 'd somehow wandered down into the rat run , just asking to get bitten . |
| 6 | The umpire , who 'd finally got control of his pony , gave Rutshire a penalty . |
| 7 | McMenemy might have been thinking of Steve Williams , another promising talent who 'd already won six England caps when he moved from Southampton to Arsenal in December l984 . |
| 8 | Dark-haired and vivacious , she was a mature student who 'd already led three other Acorn Projects that summer , and it was instantly apparent that she was an old hand . |
| 9 | This was the man who 'd already demonstrated his wild , devil-may-care streak since her arrival in Malta only forty-eight hours ago . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell that to the only child of a respected Madrid family who 'd already gone against her parents ’ wishes to fly . ’ |
| 11 | The farmer Colin French , who 'd already been prosecuted five times , was given a suspended jail sentence and banned from keeping four species of farm animal for fifteen years . |
| 12 | There was worse to come just minutes later , when striker , Dave Mitchell , who 'd already been booked , charged carelessly into a tackle . |
| 13 | Some travellers , who 'd already arrived , have been ordered by a judge to leave . |
| 14 | Barricaded inside , Roger Jones , a 52 year old self-employed electrician , who 'd allegedly threatened with a shotgun 3 men who 'd called at his home . |
| 15 | He 'd just been amusing himself with a new challenge , the new blonde female who 'd temporarily appeared in his life … |
| 16 | Lee and Mrs Wright who 'd nearly reached the gate by the road turned and waited . |
| 17 | Another recruit , Hugh Murray , who 'd also lost his previous job . |
| 18 | This was the case with Marjorie , who 'd just accepted voluntary retirement after 20 years in her office . |
| 19 | Maggie asked Ethel who 'd just returned from the top level . |
| 20 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
| 21 | When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge . |
| 22 | ‘ And she 'll have the South Sussex team manager stoned to death at dawn with vegetarian Scotch eggs if they do n't win , ’ murmured Bas Baddingham who 'd just rolled up and was kissing Daisy . |
| 23 | Randy and Merlin Sherwood 's beautiful mother adjusted her mascara in the driving mirror and eyed Rupert Campbell-Black who 'd just rolled up alone in a dark green Ferrari to watch his daughter , Tabitha , play in the first final for the under-fourteens . |
| 24 | Rupert , who 'd just been appointed Tory Minister for Sport , eyed Mrs Sherwood back . |
| 25 | It lasted only a year ( although there was no divorce until 1957 ) and some time after that Peter Lawford made the mistake of meeting Ava , who 'd just returned from a trip overseas , for a drink in a Hollywood restaurant . |
| 26 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 27 | I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own . |
| 28 | very pale , if you saw somebody in a hospital bed who 'd just suffered shock , they 'd be the same colour as the sheet they 're lying on their face is absolutely white , okay , very , very pale , very cold and very clammy , now supposing the doctor asks you why are they cold and clammy ? |
| 29 | There was a certain cynicism in the agency girl 's eyes , but Diane was n't somebody who 'd just climbed down off the backwoods bus . |
| 30 | The man who 'd just strolled on to the terrace was tall , very lean , very dark . |