Example sentences of "'d [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Luke came in and said the fire was fine and that he 'd bashed the cushions up a bit , to make it all OK for them . |
| 2 | But he 'd heard every word . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 4 | Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , we 've never heard him DJing , we just really liked the stuff he 'd done with Primal Scream , and as for Fluke , well , we 'd heard a lot of really good things about them — plus they 're signed to Creation . ’ |
| 6 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 7 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 8 | They were n't interested in her war story , they 'd heard a million war stories . |
| 9 | Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame . |
| 10 | He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps . |
| 11 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 12 | ‘ It was probably something he 'd heard an old actor say , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
| 14 | She 'd heard the landlady say how it was all over now bar the shouting . |
| 15 | I 'd heard the door spring open and the stairs groan as she made good her escape . |
| 16 | A crowd of people who 'd heard the music and the laughter from outside stood in the doorway , smiling bemusedly . |
| 17 | We 'd heard the dogs ' barking spreading through the trees when they 'd first been unleashed . |
| 18 | Dermot sounded almost as angry as Kelly had felt when she 'd heard the news . |
| 19 | We talked a bit more , about when we 'd heard the news , and so forth . |
| 20 | As an acoustic duo they took the name Right Said Fred ( suggested by a girlfriend of Fred 's after she 'd heard the 1962 Bernard Cribbins novelty hit of that name on the radio . |
| 21 | ‘ Overwhelmingly , doing the singles , the review was written before I 'd heard the record . |
| 22 | He 'd been about to call him and find out what was going on in Brooklyn when he 'd heard the voice and the rapping on the door . |
| 23 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 24 | She was annoyed with herself since she knew after all that babies were carried inside , and once she 'd heard the news she saw clearly the difference in Belle Maman 's appearance . |
| 25 | At least twice a week we 'd heard the sermons broadcast from a nearby mosque and were both sure that the preacher was Sheikh Fadlallah , one of the main spiritual leaders of Hezbollah . |
| 26 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 27 | She had hauled herself out of bed about twenty minutes ago when she 'd heard the doorbell . |
| 28 | He 'd heard the daily summary coming through some time after midnight , but he had n't bothered to check it ; anything important or relevant and Stoneley would have telephoned him direct , and there were too many big shadows and dark corners in the schoolroom for his liking . |
| 29 | I 'd heard the name , who has not ? |
| 30 | I originally decided to meet you because I 'd heard the civil police were n't letting ‘ sleeping spies lie ’ . |