Example sentences of "[noun] i 'd [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used my usual metal overflow piece , which I keep hidden in the dunes near the best dam-building site , and the piece de resistance was an aqueduct bottomed with an old black plastic rubbish-bag I 'd found in the driftwood . |
| 2 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 3 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 4 | The ring I 'd grasped as a baby |
| 5 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 6 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 7 | I the work I 'd done in the past the training I 've had the experience I 've had with Hector and his work that was all leading up to that . |
| 8 | My first-ever story for a national magazine was about another of my seminal Ali experiences — a sparring session I 'd had with the Champ in 1975 , when , because of his influence , I was trying to make a living as a kickboxer . |
| 9 | Julie Rose would be there and would return the yellow shoes I 'd left in a dressing room two weeks ago . |
| 10 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
| 11 | I was in a fever of vicarious excitement , looking at street plans of Florence and trying to remember the name of a boy I 'd met in the Boboli Gardens in 1961 , but friends and relations were wanting to know whether I had really vetted the family , whether I 'd like to hear a selection of au pair horror stories , and whether I 'd made good any gaps in my daughter 's domestic skills . |
| 12 | It was then that I saw that the folder I 'd left on the coffee table was gone . |
| 13 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 14 | I suddenly felt nauseous with anger and humiliation — none of the things I 'd felt at the time . |
| 15 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 16 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 17 | The only touch I was remotely pleased with was an elegant , cane-handled parasol I 'd borrowed from a colleague . |
| 18 | A Canadian reviewer said they looked like people I 'd found at a bus-stop , which I was very flattered by . ’ |
| 19 | In my last year with Rangers I 'd looked after the S form signings — players like Ian Durrant and Derek Ferguson — but I knew I needed to see what life was like away from Ibrox . ’ |
| 20 | After I 'd got rid of about half the beer I 'd drunk in the Arms , I went to have another look at the Factory . |
| 21 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 22 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 23 | A glass I 'd left in the kitchen in the morning was on the bedside table — with a drop of wine in it . |
| 24 | I 'd like to remind him that 's nothing to the idiot he made of himself on All Fools Day last when he found the dead stoat I 'd placed in the pulpit . |
| 25 | In New York I 'd sat in the winter sun on wooden steps at South Street pier and swapped cards with an old girlfriend , now a free-lance writer . |
| 26 | During our journey on the Northern Line I 'd sketched in the background to his coming to England in ‘ 38 , fleeing the Nazis . |
| 27 | At that moment there came a faint scratching from the box I 'd built in the corner last evening for the pigeon . |
| 28 | Wisps of rumour I 'd heard in the cafes started to fall together . |
| 29 | In consequence , I was particularly disappointed you were not able to accept the invitation I 'd extended via the boys last year . |
| 30 | I put on some gold dangly earrings I 'd found in the bottom of my bag and came out feeling a new woman . |