Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as she was about to replace the receiver , a deep male voice came from behind her — a voice she 'd heard only recently . |
| 2 | She 'd received only two or three serious propositions throughout her marriage — serious in the sense of coming from a man of intelligence and sensitivity — and to one of them she had yielded , in a matter of weeks . |
| 3 | He 'd added only the four to his overnight single , then fell to Rafeill — caught Mark Taylor . |
| 4 | A man I 'd met only twice , a bit of a loner , invited me to go with him to the West Indies . |
| 5 | Many were Shadwell 's acquaintances , people he 'd met only once or twice . |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't always , ’ Ginny said , wondering what on earth ( or in heaven ) was making her talk like this to a little man whom she 'd met only once before ; she hoped it would n't put him off her . |
| 7 | After all , I 'd seen only photographs of his new personality . |
| 8 | A strong , dark , classical face , with a cleft chin and that peculiarly haunting quality she 'd seen only in the paintings of old masters . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a waste , that 's what it is , ’ she 'd said only recently . |
| 10 | If she 'd had only the clerical level of interface that she was supposed to have , she 'd never have found it . |
| 11 | Since being stuck in Cork he 'd had only two brief periods of leave with her . |
| 12 | An offer I could n't refuse , Dee-Dee had said ; and I 'd thought only of money . |
| 13 | She 'd gone only a short way when some sixth sense brought her to a halt in the nick of time . |
| 14 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 15 | If he 'd killed only Jay , it would have been easy to make connections . ’ |