Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] [art] [noun] " 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 | Of course , I 'd broken the rule by moving both point cams , so no amount of re-reading them would position my pattern correctly . |
| 3 | The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 5 | I found that out when I 'd pressed the bell and no one came . |
| 6 | I 'd accepted that I 'd joined the club — and there were some really nice people in it . |
| 7 | I 'd observed the varieties of charm . |
| 8 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it might have something to do with the fact that when it emerged that I 'd received the letter , Ivy Cook would become persona non grata in the Miletti family . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd hoped the shock would , at the very least , cause her to misdirect the stream and wet her shoes . |
| 11 | After I 'd explained the problems , Mazzin tried to wriggle out of it by going on about blindfolds . |
| 12 | I fingered the lump on my head where I 'd struck the drainpipe . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds . |
| 15 | Me , I I mean , I 've done I 've done no work today because I went out to collect some stuff of a friend this morning and by the time I came in it was quarter past ten and I 'd gone out at ten to nine so I 'd missed the schools |
| 16 | I 'd missed the World Cup draw on TV to boot . |
| 17 | I 'd loved the New York Dolls . |
| 18 | go down and meet the bus so we 're sat there now ten past eleven and I thought I hope we have n't missed it now and she 's walked up , she 's standing out the door cos I 'd locked the door . |
| 19 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 20 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 22 | I 'd heard the voice of an angel — and when a meeting was eventually arranged between David and myself , through NEMS ' who were handling both of us at the time , I expected a very pimply youth to be standing there . |
| 23 | I 'd heard the door spring open and the stairs groan as she made good her escape . |
| 24 | I 'd heard the name , who has not ? |
| 25 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 26 | I had n't , I 'd borrowed it from Duncan but I 'd heard the Hell 's Angel crack so many times before I suddenly decided to charge him for it . |
| 27 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 28 | ‘ Overwhelmingly , doing the singles , the review was written before I 'd heard the record . |
| 29 | Connie Fraser was n't really any of my business , but I 'd liked the way she was taking this whole bit . |
| 30 | And I 'd seen every bird in Israel but one , the bar-tailed lark . |