Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 3 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 4 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 5 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 6 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 7 | A wife I 'd met for the first time filled up |
| 8 | We all sat fairly comfortably and ate the things I 'd bought for the occasion . |
| 9 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 10 | He asked me low long I 'd worked for the firm and what my duties were and what Doreen did . |
| 11 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 12 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 13 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 14 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 15 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 16 | Your nanny told me you 'd gone for a walk . |
| 17 | I thought you said you 'd gone for the evening , Rosalind . ’ |
| 18 | It really went to show that God was good ; when you 'd paid for the things you did and you were really sorry , He gave you something good to make it up to you . |
| 19 | The one you 'd booked for the summer had apparently dropped out . ’ |
| 20 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 21 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 22 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 23 | She 'd headed for the historical centre and spanned out , taking in the churches and palaces and the Lonja — the commodity exchange which housed , among other historical interests , the fine arts museum . |
| 24 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 25 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 26 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |
| 27 | She 'd gone for a walk . |
| 28 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 29 | It was an astonishing thing for a wife to say about her husband to a woman she 'd met for the first time . |
| 30 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |