Example sentences of "[adv] i 'd have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I enjoy the more wishy-washy concepts — I wish perhaps I 'd had the chance to do a physics and philosophy option — and it seems to me that when we do things like quantum physics nobody bothers very much with the concepts that that presents — they just tend to give you all the theory .
2 But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you .
3 It was he who arranged medical care , arranged the hospital — even arranged for an adoption ; but once I 'd had the baby , and she so soft and little , so lovely , I could n't do it .
4 For a decade till then I 'd had the adrenalin flowing .
5 Then I 'd had the impression of a pleasant face , but no crowd-raiser .
6 But at least I 'd had a chance by then to check out the bit of her which Catherine likes least .
7 I did n't want the child , I was n't at all sure I was going to love it , even — certainly I 'd had no hints up to now that mother-love had n't been completely left out of my make-up .
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