Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em .
2 He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in .
3 He 'd seen a film about it and he could remember it very well .
4 You 'd have thought he 'd seen a ghost ! — He hopped it , then .
5 He 'd seen a kid walking excitedly away from Coffin Corner with a fragment of the Bradshaw cradled in his arms .
6 ‘ He told me he 'd seen a UFO himself in 1967 … ’
7 ‘ Streuer was behind us and he thought he 'd seen a gap , but Steve cut across .
8 Cardiff fumbled to where he 'd seen a light switch , began to reach for it … and then stopped .
9 Another neighbour told the inquest he 'd seen a car with two occupants drive away from the farm just before the barn caught fire .
10 ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more .
11 She got an answering machine and was pretty certain that she recognized his voice from the times he 'd given a television reporter a few words at the scene of crime .
12 The first time , he 'd been virtually on their tail as he 'd rounded a bend .
13 Maybe he 'd joined a ship , he 'd done his national service in the navy .
14 Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down .
15 He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps .
16 After he 'd played a couple of tunes , the organ grinder took off his old frayed cap and handed it round the crowd that had gathered .
17 The icebox was packed with beer and he 'd prepared a lobster salad that he 'd left on ice .
18 Mrs Smith 's family say he 'd written a letter threatening her and he should have been detained .
19 He 'd written a book . ‘
20 or and apparently he 'd lost a strip .
21 He 'd lost a cousin and some good friends in these reprisals .
22 He 'd lost a lot of relatives in the war . ’
23 He 'd lost a lot more , Ruth noted .
24 He 'd lost a penknife on the beach , Kate said .
25 During the first war he 'd he 'd lost a ship and so finally he decided to buy a ship and he bought two little schooners in f in Porthmadog .
26 I wondered right away if he 'd registered a complaint against you , Charity .
27 He 'd done a couple of circuits before they stopped .
28 He 'd done a bunk .
29 I do n't know if we 'd have worried about that if we 'd thought he 'd done a bunk .
30 But he came more than he might have and he 'd done a bit with the bells in his heyday .
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