Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] 'd have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She was admitted on a Tuesday , and her husband and son visiting her on the Friday found she 'd had no food in that time .
2 ‘ Did you move about much in here when you came in and realised you 'd had an intruder ? ’
3 ‘ I heard he 'd had an accident . ’
4 I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’
5 I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well .
6 ‘ I knew you 'd had a son , but I did n't realise he was in the house , ’ Vitor said .
7 ‘ I thought she 'd had a cocktail waitress , dear , ’ said Francis .
8 Was it because she knew we 'd had an affair and was jealous or was it the heartbreak of coming face to face with Steve ? ’
9 When I spoke to Travis the other day I understood he 'd had a change of heart . ’
10 Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun .
11 There was blood on his hands and I thought he 'd had an accident .
12 Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still .
13 I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles .
14 and she said no she 'd been to pay her poll tax over there , she said she 'd had a rest in one of the shops over there on the way
15 He decided to speak : ‘ She said she 'd had a letter from the lawyer . ’
16 ‘ I do n't like the dark , ’ she managed , then wished she 'd had the sense to keep her mouth shut .
17 Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex
18 And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out
19 Mr Justice garland said he 'd had the advantage of seeing the material gathered during this further enquiry into the pub bombings .
20 All he knew was that he had always woken up with a splitting headache afterwards , and often wished he 'd had the headache instead the night before .
21 Christ , how he wished he 'd had the courage to ask her to marry him before all this .
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