Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had forced his way into her life , arranged things so that she 'd had no choice but to do his bidding — and as soon as she 'd done something to make it clear that she was still her own person and not his , he 'd humiliated her . |
| 2 | Her biggest problem was n't work , however , but the fact that she 'd done nothing to tackle her eating problems . |
| 3 | She was tired , Carolyn reflected , she 'd missed her sleep that morning because of Mum and Dad . |
| 4 | She had not exaggerated when she 'd said she felt weary . |
| 5 | When I 'd asked Chola what the ceremony was for she 'd said she did n't know : they 'd always done it . |
| 6 | She 'd said she loved her father more than her uniformed claimant . |
| 7 | I guess I ought to be more honest about this because my daughter wrote me after her mother 's funeral and said she 'd guessed what had happened anyway . |
| 8 | Maggie thought of John McNair whom Laura had met in Glasgow when she 'd gone to work there , when she 'd decided she wanted to leave home and broaden her horizons . |
| 9 | But I do n't think that letter was written until she 'd decided who to leave the baby with . |
| 10 | But the moment she 'd said it she 'd realised she meant it . |
| 11 | Funny , she thought ; in those brief seconds after she 'd fallen it had sounded so different , so full of warmth , so full of concern . |
| 12 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 13 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 14 | It was to convince Karen , partly , that she 'd wanted her to come and have a holiday , to see it for herself . |
| 15 | Donnellan said that if at any time she 'd wanted him to stop , he would have done . |
| 16 | He 'd woken that morning , lying beside Vanessa with a hard-on she 'd wanted him to pleasure her with , and had stupidly refused her , knowing he had a liaison with Martine that afternoon . |
| 17 | But why on earth had she been so prickly if she 'd wanted him to stay ? |
| 18 | He had driven her half out of her mind with little more than a few heated kisses , and the humiliation of knowing just how much she 'd wanted him burned into her . |
| 19 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 20 | The days were long gone when she 'd wanted him to understand , believe her . |
| 21 | The worst thing was , his response had reduced her to feeling like a chastened schoolgirl , a feeling she 'd hoped she 'd outgrown . |
| 22 | That was the er , last one that she 'd seen they said that . |
| 23 | Raging at Felipe had just been because she 'd been shocked and scared for him when she 'd seen him take off into the air . |
| 24 | And Merrill did n't want to think of Luke and that hollow , unsatisfied feeling that had followed when she 'd seen him drive away last night . |
| 25 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 26 | She had also made one or two favourable remarks on the occasions she 'd seen him working out , and had assured him that , once he 'd attained the standards she 'd set for him , he could look forward to being given a fairly prominent role in the next major presentation . |
| 27 | She 'd seen him coming out , but he had n't noticed her . |
| 28 | But she was sure she 'd seen him jump . |
| 29 | It was the first time she 'd seen him look really happy . |
| 30 | It was the first time she 'd seen him smile and , though it obviously was n't intended to charm , it took her breath away and made her pulses quicken . |