Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 3 | I suddenly felt nauseous with anger and humiliation — none of the things I 'd felt at the time . |
| 4 | He worked in Whitehall , that 's all I 'd known at the time . |
| 5 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 6 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 7 | If she 'd confessed at the beginning it would n't have been so bad , but how could she tell them now ? |
| 8 | Nancy was standing in the middle of the yard with her hands to her face , shouting about a black bogey she 'd seen at the window of the hayloft . |
| 9 | She recognized all the people she 'd seen at the dinner table in the Llandogger Trow and at the Frolic . |
| 10 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 11 | Watching , Jess was reminded of a pack of alley cats she 'd seen at the rear of Samson 's smithy one night . |
| 12 | She 'd called at the library on her way home and borrowed some books on the Dordogne . |
| 13 | Sandra , but she preferred Sandy , told us that she 'd worked at the Exhilarator for five months but was just biding her time before she could move away from her mother and get her own place in London . |
| 14 | Anyway she 'd knocked at the door and er , I said to her oh I do n't have to buy anything and she said no , no and erm |
| 15 | Which , she 'd thought at the time , were appropriate registration letters for her cousin Paul Gray 's car , missing now for nearly two weeks . |
| 16 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 17 | He was rearranging his hair in the rear-view mirror as the monster moved out into the traffic , scattering small boys who 'd gathered at the front of the car to try and open the bonnet , for God 's sake , and examine the engine . |
| 18 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 19 | For lunch we had damp oat-cakes we 'd bought at the village shop . |
| 20 | We 'd arrived at the zoo . |
| 21 | He had stuck to his story , that they 'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early . |
| 22 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 23 | As he said it , he held her eyes and suddenly Ronni was remembering that glass of champagne they 'd shared at the party . |
| 24 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 25 | ‘ They came in their full march into the town with about 60 or 70 coloureds borne before them which they 'd taken at the Battle of Edgehill from the Parliament 's forces . |
| 26 | Of course there was the occasional hiccup , such as when they 'd arrived at the nightclub to see a particularly gorgeous girl whom the Press had linked with Ace in the past . |
| 27 | But he wanted to represent a protean form now , however impossible ; wanted to find a way to fix what he 'd seen at the door of his hotel room , when Pie'oh'pah 's many faces had been shuffled in front of him like cards in an illusionist 's deck . |
| 28 | The palm wine he 'd drunk at the evening banquet must have driven all sense from him … his first taste . |
| 29 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 30 | He 'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look . |