Example sentences of "[that] i 'd [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to think , sometimes , that I 'd built a house for strangers to live in . |
| 3 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 4 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 5 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 6 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 7 | So he came to the conclusion that I 'd torn a muscle . |
| 8 | ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 10 | After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me . |
| 11 | There 's a poster up in erm , and these two people that are drug addicts , and said like , did you see that I 'd drawn a pair of ears on one of them , turned around and seen Shane and he 's like his mate was the other one , were n't it ? |
| 12 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 13 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |