Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 2 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 3 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 4 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 5 | I did n't know she had this cold and she 'd had it for ten |
| 6 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |
| 7 | She and Sheila had had disagreements before — not really surprising when you 'd known someone for twelve years , since the first day they had peered at the college noticeboard together . |
| 8 | He 'd done it again , she realised in amazement — with just a few choice words he 'd knocked her for six . |
| 9 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 10 | The race was the brainchild of Chay Blythe , he 'd planned it for 4 years and raised the money for 10 million pound yachts . |
| 11 | Eventually , Reid said , ‘ All Susan ever said about her father was that he was a grade-A shit who 'd ignored her for most of her life and thought money was a good substitute for love . |
| 12 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |