Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
| 2 | If I 'd wanted that kind of wife , I 'd have married Eleanor . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 4 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 5 | I 've got quite into port though , I 'd finished that bottle of port by Tuesday night |
| 6 | Now I , I 'd got all sorts of alternatives to buy . |
| 7 | They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet , and I 'd got tremendous scarring of the gut . |
| 8 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
| 9 | John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’ |
| 10 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 11 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
| 12 | I 'd had twenty-five years of booze and using other recreational substances . |
| 13 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ IT WOULD HAVE all been easier , Daddy , ’ said Juliet , ‘ if you 'd had some sort of regular job . |
| 15 | Just when you thought you 'd got some idea of the size , a cloud would stream past and the perspective would wind back . |
| 16 | Whatever , she 'd ruined all chance of that now , Fabia realised that . |
| 17 | She was a make-up artist , for goodness ' sake — she 'd seen any number of half-naked male actors in her time , but she 'd never reacted like this before . |
| 18 | It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment . |
| 19 | Already , she 'd heard all kinds of rustlings and scufflings from the floor above . |
| 20 | She 'd heard sickening tales of barbarous Gestapo torture , and of prisoners who were never seen again . |
| 21 | She turned away disconsolately , certain she 'd lost all chance of his help in finding Corosini . |
| 22 | She 'd had one experience of lesbianism , and had hated it . |
| 23 | No doubt she 'd had ample proof of it . |
| 24 | She 'd encountered any number of stars who thought themselves special simply because of their fame , but this one was clearly the king of them all . |
| 25 | Miss Vine 's budgerigar Beano died that night , and so did old Miss Trimm , a favourite teacher once in Dynmouth Primary , whose declining years had tricked her into believing she 'd mothered another son of God . |
| 26 | She 'd spent ten days of a three month sentence in jail for allegedly hitting an eighty eight year old patient in her care . |
| 27 | She 'd spent ten days of a three month sentence in jail for allegedly hitting an eighty eight year old patient in her care . |
| 28 | She 'd been so busy with her own thoughts she 'd forgotten that side of things . |
| 29 | When she 'd regained some degree of composure , she asked , ‘ Have you had any further thoughts as to where Mamma 's ‘ appropriate ’ place might be ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd had six months of worrying whether everything was going to be all right — what Joseph would look like , or whether he would be all there , ’ says Leslie , her relief still evident . |