Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a murmur of agreement from the assembled men , then Springfield asked about the burst of gunfire he 'd heard not long after they 'd entered the grounds . |
| 2 | She 'd intended not answering , but habit overruled her good intentions . |
| 3 | We are , after all , allowed only one life in this world and I 'm glad I 'd decided not to let mine just drift away . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought we 'd decided not to have a post-mortem . ’ |
| 5 | Later , Robertson revealed that he 'd clashed not with Thomas but John Hughes , the Falkirk defender . |
| 6 | Er , I mean , deregulation a bill er is not perhaps gon na affect the numbers of statutory instruments going through the house and I think that er the city would continue without the statutory instrument , er I think the country would continue , it would go on if we 'd had n't passed these regulations and in essence are these four new statutory instruments really going to help run the country more effectively er are we imposing duties on auditors er and regulators er with the securities er er tied up with the investment board , another quango , er do we need all this ? |
| 7 | I thought we 'd agreed not to … ’ |
| 8 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 9 | I 'd tried not to make my apartment look too intimidating . |
| 10 | Some sixth sense he 'd learned not to ignore . |
| 11 | After the last time , he 'd vowed not to do any more , but we all found our firm stances weakened as soon as the blindfold was pulled down and our well-rounded arguments got vaguer and vaguer as our minds raced with apprehension . |