Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 'd [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 2 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
| 3 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
| 4 | But I know I could remember being taken round his school and in the main hall he 'd got a glass fronted cupboard , and he 'd got all sorts of well really and truly they were just pretty pebbles . |
| 5 | In despair , I told my husband I 'd bought a book on how to cure children 's sleep problems . |
| 6 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
| 7 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 8 | She 'd always considered herself so strong , so immune to the temptations of the flesh ; yet last night she 'd discovered a depth of passion within her that had shaken her profoundly . |
| 9 | But , at that time , none of us had seen Hell in person We 'd seen a picture of The Heartbreakers that Malcolm had brought back from New York — the one in which it was meant to look like they 'd been shot in the heart but in fact looked like they d all had the same accident with a ketchup bottle . |
| 10 | Last night he 'd gone a work . |
| 11 | Last week they 'd shared a bottle of champagne to celebrate the birth of the seventh grandchild . |
| 12 | But Maggie had heard him draw notes out of it which rent the air with their sadness , and through his music she 'd seen a side of him he 'd kept hidden from the world . |
| 13 | London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try … |
| 14 | Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind . |
| 15 | In the afternoon he 'd attended a funeral , or just accidentally witnessed one , hanging back , rather , in the mournerless churchyard , where the graves were flush with the earth . |
| 16 | Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down . |
| 17 | Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by . |
| 18 | I had no idea I 'd had a baby . |
| 19 | just when we got back off holiday we 'd got a letter from |
| 20 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 21 | I do n't know I have n't looked at the invitation , he just told me when he came home from school he 'd got a party . |
| 22 | Another neighbour told the inquest he 'd seen a car with two occupants drive away from the farm just before the barn caught fire . |
| 23 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 24 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 25 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 26 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 27 | In fact I 'd told a couple of the group — Mr and Mrs Kronquist , I think it was — that I was going up to Summertown . ’ |
| 28 | As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session . |
| 29 | The last time she 'd met a herd of cows she 'd turned and ridden away . |
| 30 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |