Example sentences of "we 'd [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We discovered that we 'd got a lot of unnecessary parts — things that were over-indulgent — so we chucked 'em out . ’ |
| 32 | I was afraid it might come out that we 'd got a cut as well . |
| 33 | Hopscotch , when we 'd got a pavement , we 'd more fields than er pavements . |
| 34 | just when we got back off holiday we 'd got a letter from |
| 35 | I wheedled a look out of her after we 'd shared a bottle of wine last night . ’ |
| 36 | Yeah I realize that but the thing is if we 'd had a phone call to say look , we 're going to be this late , |
| 37 | We 'd had a couple just stay on the lip and we were getting desperate . |
| 38 | ‘ We 'd had a couple of years to put the break-up into perspective and I know , personally , I was missing the lads and the buzz I used to get from songs like ‘ Suspect Devices ’ and ‘ Straw Dogs ’ . |
| 39 | took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ? |
| 40 | one and we 'd had a chat for a long , long time and I said to him afterwards , I was able to understand everything he said ! |
| 41 | If we 'd had a row . |
| 42 | We 'd had a drink … . ’ |
| 43 | That kind of hurt because we 'd had a relationship for nine years . |
| 44 | They 'd think we 'd had a quarrel . ’ |
| 45 | If we 'd had a child there would have been movement ; we 'd have watched him growing up , seen him change , worried about his schooling , and so on . |
| 46 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 47 | If we 'd had a church wedding , she 'd have done the white-lace-and-trimmings bit , the full veil-and-trail number . |
| 48 | ‘ I told her we 'd had a tip-off . |
| 49 | So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before . |
| 50 | H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it . |
| 51 | Erm , we 'd had a meeting prior to going so we had a fair idea of you know , we kind of got together and shared some thoughts before we , before we went . |
| 52 | And it 's quite true , I was there about four years and they always took stock before January the first , so that after Christmas came an anomaly , we 'd had a Christmas holiday and gone back to work . |
| 53 | That afternoon a friend came round , Ruth and Jim , and they come round with a bottle of champagne , the best you could buy , and it was just like we 'd had a baby … |
| 54 | Cos we 'd had a recce by then and had a look round and you see . |
| 55 | If we 'd had a boom economy over the last five years , the Stock Exchange would never have thought of phasing out the USM . ’ |
| 56 | They are reputed to have said , ‘ If we 'd had a telegram like that , we 'd have gone to the moon . ’ |
| 57 | Er if it was something serious , like say we 'd had a murder or something in the village |
| 58 | ‘ I think it was after we 'd talked a bit and then played a bit our personalities seemed to go well together and our playing did as well . |
| 59 | We 'd found a gold mine . |
| 60 | and then we wrote home to mam that we 'd found a job , and that were it . |