Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For that matter , he 'd seen that loft being put together , knew it almost as well as that self-opinionated young architect had .
2 And this astonished him , because he 'd seen this kind of thing at home .
3 It was hard to believe that a few moments earlier he 'd aroused that snake-pit of desire inside her .
4 He was n't sure he 'd heard that right .
5 Jeremy Healy 's music was loud and passionate , and designer/stylist Judy Blame agreed that it was the only decent stuff he 'd heard all week , adding that French Djs are the worst on the planet and that there is virtually no point in clubbing in Paris until the situation is remedied .
6 Back on India-May 's farm he 'd hung that picture in his head .
7 Now he 'd lost that sense of fitting the rubrics which his kin and his province drew up for the proper conduct of a man like himself .
8 He 'd raced another car reaching speeds of up to 80 miles an hour before losing control and ploughing into a roadside bench where the youngsters gathered .
9 And he always tells me , he said that er he had no sleep during the night he he thought he 'd killed this man , you see , he says , I seen him drop , and I seen blood .
10 He had lied to Evelyn when he 'd denied any idea of what the ransackers were looking for .
11 And er anyway , when I got in from work last night , he 'd done carrots , sprouts , cabbage , mashed potatoes , and he 'd done this pie .
12 It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that .
13 He was standing with three friends and telling a tale in which he 'd conned some adversary into covering a dubious investment .
14 ‘ Did n't bother him ; he 'd reached that point .
15 He was finally given a pension , but by that time he was old , he was half paralysed , and he was nearly blind , and he died in eighteen thirty-six , only six years after he 'd received this recognition and this pension .
16 He was still wearing the same clothes he 'd worn that afternoon , and Juliet wondered if he had been out that evening , and who with .
17 ‘ He told me he 'd posted that letter and sent my Christmas card home . ’
18 He 'd beaten that habit out of her when she was a child , telling her he despised weakness in any form , and no child of his was going to show him up in public or private .
19 I mean obviously once she 's been through the learning process herself , so Doug came away feeling quite pleased that he 'd made that contact and he also sort of made one or two , he , he had one or two wise observations I think about the evening , he made one or two new contacts himself and the suggestion and things , he spoke very well about it , at our committee on our last meeting last week
20 There he 'd met another woman whom he eventually married and she was then expecting their first child .
21 He 'd planned this summit carefully , and now the Zen of the entire thing had gone crazy , because just as Dad opened his mouth to start talking blood had started to drip into my lap from my nose as a result of Charlie chucking me into his drum-kit .
22 Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning .
23 Once or twice he 'd gone to great lengths to deceive me but , more often , he 'd taken little trouble to cover his tracks .
24 And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal .
25 At quarter to eleven her old friend Jerry , the Valium addict , wandered in complaining of stomach pains and said he 'd taken another overdose .
26 He 'd taken another cigarette !
27 The man had n't grouted the tiles in properly he 'd used some sort of rough old cement and the water was just going through and staying there !
28 No doubt he 'd enjoyed this association with young men , trousers and jackets endlessly tried on in curtained booths .
29 He 'd organised this expedition to Westminster to present the Prime Minister with his trusty iceaxe , which had helped him in his arctic endeaveours .
30 He 'd organised this expedition to Westminster to present the Prime Minister with his trusty iceaxe , which had helped him in his arctic endeaveours .
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