Example sentences of "[vb past] they 'd [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake .
2 It was n't until yesterday that Swindon Police announced they 'd arrested a man in connection with Joan 's disappearance .
3 When Adam stopped , she saw they 'd reached a lane running between the backs of houses .
4 I knew they 'd made a lot of money .
5 ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula .
6 The horsebox driver and his son said they 'd felt a bump but thought it was a hole in the road .
7 So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me .
8 instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum .
9 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
10 Patrick wished they 'd left a window open .
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