Example sentences of "'d even [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd even searched the vacant lots . |
| 2 | All those lies for Ewen Mackay before you 'd even met him ? ’ |
| 3 | He had visited the studio on and off through his time with Vanessa — he 'd even met Martine there on two occasions when her husband had cancelled a Luxembourg trip and she 'd been too heated to miss a liaison — but it was charmless and cheerless , and he 'd returned happily to the house in Wimpole Mews . |
| 4 | For whimsy she 'd even etched a skein of ants travelling due west , with a ladybird glowing like a winged jewel , poised to fly to her northern home . |
| 5 | And she produced a sheaf of exhibition papers with a flourish ; she 'd even written some of the wording to go under the photos . |
| 6 | He 'd even wanted him to . |
| 7 | She listened without interrupting and was impressed with the way he had thought it through , his plans being laid before they 'd even landed at Manchester . |
| 8 | He 'd even questioned some of the older members of the Lucy Ghosts in private to help trace the fugitive . |
| 9 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 10 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 11 | Perhaps he 'd even hoped so , poor chap . |
| 12 | They 'd even discovered the unlikeliest things in common — a liking for potted shrimps and piano concertos , an aversion to veal and Wagner . |
| 13 | He 'd even enhanced the swashbuckler image with a slim molecublade sword — gold , of course — at his hip . |
| 14 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 15 | She 'd even given her a bed in her own place , brought her in like a waif from the streets in a gesture of stern and unsentimental charity . |
| 16 | He 'd even made a series of phone calls to arrange a lift . |
| 17 | But Kev , people were sayng he was a better passer before he 'd even played a match for them ! |
| 18 | The dancers , from what Lucy had seen , were all pretty good in their way ; she 'd even begun to develop a liking for Maurice , who 'd winked at her in the corridor earlier . |
| 19 | I 'd even begun to fail in bed . |
| 20 | I 'd even begun to mistake it for part of my own body , an incurable growth that I 've got to learn to live with . |
| 21 | The management rep told me he 'd even heard whispers of sympathetic action among the statistical clerks . |
| 22 | I was amazed you 'd even heard of it , to tell the truth . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I never knew th 'd even heard of the Quakers , ’ Jess said . |
| 24 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |
| 25 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 26 | Her leaning presence was deliberate , challenging : I think I 'd even felt the play of her breath on my neck . |
| 27 | She 'd even felt quite calm , only thinking that in the oven his dinner would be in cinders now . |
| 28 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 29 | They 're offered for sale at around six pounds … and in cases like these available before they 'd even reached the cinema . |
| 30 | They 'd even backed away ! |