Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [vb pp] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I also thought I 'd written a better poem because I 'd struggled with the voice , forced myself to hear it again in my mind and to reply to it . |
2 | What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ? |
3 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
4 | Not even for Christine , whom she 'd found distant and uninterested , as if in her mind she 'd created a better place and preferred to wander there . |
5 | He would have enjoyed the odd weekend in Brighton away from the pressures of London life , if only she 'd had a bigger flat . |
6 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around ’ , Nigel explains . |
7 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around , ’ Nigel explains . |
8 | We really thought we 'd found a quicker way to get copies to our distant subscribers . |
9 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
10 | It was said that he 'd refused a smaller plan just because it was near his own home at Naunton in the Cotswolds |