Example sentences of "we 'd [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When we 'd cleared the shop out and put the stuff in the fridge , I used to all , scrub all round all the ta you know , the shelves round the sides and clean the scale down and the bacon machine and I used to scrape the block with a proper scraper . |
2 | ‘ After Munich I thought we 'd saved the day . |
3 | This is our actual workload and this is what it would have happened if we 'd followed the M R C er protocols . |
4 | When we 'd checked the recording we 'd heard Sinatra singing ‘ My Way ’ . |
5 | What else is there to do in Kimblesworth , we 'd asked the taxi driver on the way from Durham railway station ? |
6 | We 'd seen the hare at the 4th and it reappeared again , dashing around right in Lee 's vision as he was putting , which cost him a stroke . |
7 | At least twice a week we 'd heard the sermons broadcast from a nearby mosque and were both sure that the preacher was Sheikh Fadlallah , one of the main spiritual leaders of Hezbollah . |
8 | We talked a bit more , about when we 'd heard the news , and so forth . |
9 | We 'd heard the dogs ' barking spreading through the trees when they 'd first been unleashed . |
10 | ‘ We thought we 'd denied the wolves a good meal . |
11 | I was beginning to think that we 'd missed the boat , even though we knew in our heart of hearts that the Lord wanted us in some form of full-time capacity . |
12 | I , I forgotten that it was Justine , I , it just threw me a bit that erm , erm , Nick asked me to let you know that we were here and that we 'd received the chairs . |
13 | As we 'd guessed the Jihad had nicked the negotiator . |
14 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
15 | I go along with that one , and we 'd commandeered the scullery back of the kitchen to pollute our bodies with addictive anti-stress-related poison . |
16 | If we 'd blown the network because of the hostages we would have left ourselves blind in the middle of a minefield . |
17 | ‘ We 'd done the Exhilarator course in the evening but we had n't found anything — except that Cawthorne does n't like women much , and blacks not at all . ’ |
18 | We even had a hot line set up between the reception at London Weekend and Number 10 , and a call did come through , but thankfully it was after we 'd done the show , when she was having a drink in the hospitality room . |
19 | And we sort of walked round the town and back to where we 'd parked the car and there were there were places you know , pubs and cafes which are |
20 | In the ground it was , as Strach said , as if we 'd won the cup or something . |
21 | What a relief we 'd won the war . |
22 | These young London detectives would come out with us for a meal , after we 'd finished the court-work , go down to several famous pubs , and order several drinks . |
23 | We 'd finished the LP in November and were pretty frustrated about that not coming out . |
24 | We 'd borrowed the car from Biland 's mechanic and had to promise not to let Simon drive it . |
25 | And all this before we 'd opened the fridge . |
26 | Then we stopped as one of the Santa Claus girls had to go to the loo and anyway we 'd forgotten the leaflets they were supposed to dish out . |
27 | And er I wrote to the No we 'd taken the decision at the Portobello branch th that Sunday that we support When we supported the executive decision , the strike for our just demand you see . |
28 | We filled that and while they were eating that we kept the hay , hay , cut it through a rick , a big thin knife , you know , fill the remainder of the racks with the hay , so that by the time they 'd gone and finished that they 'd gone in to eat the hay , then we 'd got the yard free to litter it out , and to straw it on both sides , one would be on the , one down on the bottom to pull straw down into the yard , and that was . |
29 | I miss your mother , I really do — we had our differences but we 'd got the measure of each other , as you might say . |
30 | And er within a few months we 'd got the thing going till they were blowing out , and we were making it hand over fist you see ? |