Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] every [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg . |
| 2 | And I 'd seen every bird in Israel but one , the bar-tailed lark . |
| 3 | After the dovecot came the wall connecting the stableyard to the house , the yard I 'd crossed every night I could remember to collect the dogs ' bowls and return them full . |
| 4 | I thought I 'd exhausted every possibility , rivals of every pedigree from the Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies to a rough-trade gamekeeper out at Shotover , but I never thought of family . |
| 5 | Then , when I was about 18 or 19 I figured that I 'd learned every rock guitar lead that I ever wanted to know — all my favourite Ulrich Roth solos and all my favourite Frank Marino leads . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's pretty rich coming from someone who tried to drown her employer and then pretended she 'd broken every limb in her body ! ’ |
| 7 | She 'd invited every theatre and film person she 'd run into over the past few years , and a lot she had n't . |
| 8 | Over the room from her was Mrs Lily Malloy , the petite grandmother she 'd partnered every week since she 'd arrived . |
| 9 | ‘ What is warm ? ’ said the penguin , her voice shaking : she 'd asked every penguin in the colony and had her beak almost snapped off every time . |
| 10 | We 'd marked every tyre , but sometimes we 'd fish the wrong one out ; then there 'd be some swearing . |
| 11 | But he 'd heard every word . |
| 12 | William 's grandad had fought a lonely war against the priesthood — and the grandmothers and mothers and aunts who were allied to it-but he 'd lost every battle so far . |
| 13 | He 'd been thinking that he 'd covered every angle , but now he was feeling as if he 'd been wrong-footed . |
| 14 | It was years since he 'd been there , but there had been a time when he 'd gone every week , sometimes twice . |
| 15 | Oscar felt sure he 'd foreseen every contingency . |
| 16 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 17 | He 'd examined every cell . |
| 18 | If he was going to be late on parade — 3 p.m. , he 'd promised every pressure would be on the other two group leaders , Sheila Williams and Cedric Downes , to keep the tourists adequately amused by each of them shouldering an extra responsibility . |
| 19 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |