Example sentences of "[vb past] they 'd [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he just never went to school and they maintained they 'd got a private . |
| 2 | I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake . |
| 3 | It was n't until yesterday that Swindon Police announced they 'd arrested a man in connection with Joan 's disappearance . |
| 4 | 2 crew were killed and many locals felt they 'd had a lucky escape . |
| 5 | When Adam stopped , she saw they 'd reached a lane running between the backs of houses . |
| 6 | I knew they 'd made a lot of money . |
| 7 | ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula . |
| 8 | ‘ I was caught at Dunkirk when they thought they 'd won the bloody war . |
| 9 | Peter said it was a good game when they came home and found that Woking had won five nil they thought they 'd chosen the wrong one . |
| 10 | They all thought they 'd got the dreaded C , poor things . |
| 11 | Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line . |
| 12 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 13 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 14 | The horsebox driver and his son said they 'd felt a bump but thought it was a hole in the road . |
| 15 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 16 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 17 | Magistrates said they 'd thought the bail conditions were strict enough to stop Hagans re-offending . |
| 18 | and I 'm sure it said they 'd nicked a full street in this one . |
| 19 | But the magistrates chairman said they 'd used the vehicle as weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim . |
| 20 | They said they 'd changed the wheel in about three minutes flat , I said well it was n't Friday the thirteenth was it ? |
| 21 | Her father , Peter Few Brown said they 'd had a good visit . |
| 22 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 23 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 24 | Patrick wished they 'd left a window open . |