Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] i 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 2 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would have kissed you long ago if I 'd known a simple kiss could have so miraculous an effect . ’ |
| 5 | We saw no risk at all in our artistic adventure , although it got dark much quicker than I 'd expected . |
| 6 | ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’ |
| 7 | Like the other women , I 'd recently left my own home because I could n't carry on there any longer and I 'd been given safe spaces by friends with room to spare . |
| 8 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 9 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 10 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 11 | ‘ Not as well as I 'd hoped . |
| 12 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 13 | I should have enjoyed it just as well if I 'd picked it up in a bookshop , by an unknown author . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , well , ’ he murmured , softly , ‘ I could n't have worked that more smoothly even if I 'd tried , could I ? ’ |
| 15 | I were right here and I 'd got that light out |
| 16 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
| 17 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |