Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [verb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . |
| 2 | If I 'd gone to the rank inside , it would have been the railway police 's case . |
| 3 | He says Well you 're quite right n y I Cos I did n't think we You know I 'd said to the man already it 's quite possible I would n't be able to really take the stuff out of store for him . |
| 4 | And I 'd said to the And I 'd said to the dentist |
| 5 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 6 | the kitchen was piled up , I , I , Dinda took my suitcase upstairs , I 'd seen to the dog , he was very , very good in the car as you know er , I took my suitcase , I could n't get through the bedroom door , the bed clothes on the floor where it 's , where we 've had a sudden hot spell , he had n't folded them up |
| 7 | That night I watched television and did some paperwork , amending the maps to include the newly named Black Destroyer Hill , writing a brief description of what I 'd done to the rabbits and logging both the effects of the bombs that I 'd used and the manufacture of the latest batch . |
| 8 | But undeterred by background or family opinion , I 'd written to the BBC to let them know of my ambitions to be a broadcaster — and was dismissed without benefit of an interview . |
| 9 | So I 'd to go to the washing racks for fourpence a day . |
| 10 | The half inch I 'd added to the 5ft 8in , somehow became attached to the 5ft 9in . |
| 11 | The time I went before that , I got erm , like a frostbitten thumb , because I was going up on the chair lift , and er , I dropped one of my gloves , and it was quite a cold day , so by the time I 'd got to the top , and skied all the way back down , and then down the road going back to try and find me gloves , because I had borrowed them from a friend , |
| 12 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 13 | I picked another horse , in the race before — I 'd got to the bookie 's at about half-past two , I suppose . |
| 14 | It was published shortly after I 'd taken part in a time and motion study during which I 'd spoken to the man with the clip-board and asked a few pertinent questions . |
| 15 | I 'd stuck to the rules arid nothing had happened . |
| 16 | And I said oh when was that and she said just after you 'd gone to the bank and I said oh I 've just spoken to him . |
| 17 | Frequently , purveyors of delicate doodlings are n't much cop live , tiresome mumble 'n' fumble trappings making you wish you 'd stuck to the vinyl . |
| 18 | Yesterday evening , just before she 'd bolted to the safety of her bedroom , he really had seemed different , more … relaxed , human . |
| 19 | She loved Hyde Park because it was the nearest thing she 'd seen to the country side since she had arrived in the capital . |
| 20 | Er it were in paper about this er this woman she 'd gone to the hospital and she must have been there longer than she thought , and so she 'd got her car clamped and it was thirty pound to have it off but |
| 21 | Yes I heard she 'd gone to the Nottingham area . |
| 22 | She had changed into the cotton frock she 'd worn to the hospital that morning . |
| 23 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 24 | ‘ If she 'd stuck to the patterns , ’ said my mother , ‘ there 'd have been no need , but Cynthia had to fiddle with them . ’ |
| 25 | She was determined not to lose her temper , at least until she 'd got to the bottom of the riddle , but his apparent attempt at playing God with her life infuriated her . |
| 26 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 27 | But Doreen retained the sulkiness she 'd brought to the table , and when Jean placed fruit and cereal before her there was not the slightest sign of a polite thank-you . |
| 28 | The dancing stopped , and while those who 'd travelled to the all-dayer on coaches from Brighton , Hereford , Nottingham , Northampton , Leeds and Sheffield looked bemused at the sound of the King , the West Midlands regulars looked straight to Dermot Ryan , one of the three brothers behind promotions company Chuff Chuff . |
| 29 | And there were words of praise for the girls who 'd taken to the catwalk . |
| 30 | Well we 'd seen to the back of the garden anyway cos we could see the hedge going across like that at forty five degrees . |