Example sentences of "[vb past] i 'd [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 2 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 3 | AROUND noon , I decided I 'd earned a break . |
| 4 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 5 | I knew I 'd used a contraction you know . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 7 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 8 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 9 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 10 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 11 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 12 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 14 | I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room . |
| 17 | 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 . |