Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [vb pp] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the sake of her memory I would n't have hesitated to bring you crashing down from that pedestal if I 'd discovered anything damning about you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But the truth is , there was never anything between us — not after I 'd discovered she cared more for her mirror than for anything or anyone else . ’ |
| 3 | Before I 'd joined they 'd called themselves Strand — after the Roxy Music song ‘ Do The Strand — and The Swankers but both these names were well past their sell-by date by the time I arrived . |
| 4 | What if I 'd said we killed them all ? |
| 5 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 6 | It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies . |
| 7 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
| 8 | I 'd imagined her leaning forwards and smiling , but not looking like this , somehow . |
| 9 | I 'd heard they 'd started taking people on . |
| 10 | I 'd never met him , but I 'd heard him speak once , and there was no doubt that he could move people . |
| 11 | Another thing I was gon na ask you about was erm I 'd heard somebody mention ploughing competitions with horses . |
| 12 | Well , I 'd heard someone had told the police where I was hanging out . |
| 13 | I 'd heard it said that th the development of this site has been in the development plan for twenty years |
| 14 | I I 'd heard he wrote a few things . |
| 15 | They dropped their voices to a whisper when they saw me but I 'd seen them taking nips from a bottle of gin . |
| 16 | I thought I 'd seen something like it before but the woman came over and I had to move away before I could look at it more closely . |
| 17 | I think Sam accidentally kicked Hannah , or kicked Hannah I do n't know I was n't there , but he came flying down , really got to curb that child he said , I said I beg your pardon , he said you 've got to curb that child kicking Hannah , I said if I 'd seen him kick her , he said that well I 'm not sure that he actually kicked her it might have been an accident |
| 18 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd seen him like that so many times before , but at least after a couple of days he 'd say , ‘ Vicky , I got to clean up . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd seen somebody taking it so I tried it and liked it . |
| 21 | She was a good twelve years older than me , but allowing for that , I 'd seen myself look not much better some mornings in the last few months , my skin blotchy , my eyes shadowed and swollen , my lips pale and dry-looking , my hair lifeless and uncombed . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd seen you ride . |
| 23 | ‘ It might be better if I did , but I could n't do it , not once I 'd seen you sitting here . |
| 24 | Yeah , I found , only because I went out one night , and , it was when Mike was still next door and what I 'd done I 'd locked him in the back room and he said he was howling |
| 25 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
| 26 | By the time I 'd asked him to come and play , he was already becoming a name in the pop music field . |
| 27 | I tried to look as if this was perfectly normal , as if I 'd asked him to make the entry for me . |
| 28 | I can say to you right now with confidence that if I 'd asked you to start writing er a list of the categories that people er that you think might advertise in these you 'd probably get about twenty five . |
| 29 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 30 | I phoned Shirley , a friend I 'd made who ran a travel agency , and asked her to book me on the mid-day Concorde . |