Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |
| 2 | She was surprised that he 'd picked her in spite of her work . |
| 3 | He 'd caught her by surprise , that was all . |
| 4 | I told Caroline I 'd met him by chance . |
| 5 | He 'd met her at work , which was about the only place where he did meet people these days . |
| 6 | And I explained that er I 'd met her in town , which I did , did n't I ? |
| 7 | I 'd seen the play — some touring company did it — they 'd made it into SF , all in space , and Oedipus was a two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox character trying to kiss his mother with one of his faces and weep sorrowful tears with the other . |
| 8 | Oh , it was terrible , I 'd seen it on video , it 's really sad . |
| 9 | If he 'd strangled her on impulse it would have been there , and he could have slid her weighted body into the river , no one the wiser . ’ |
| 10 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 11 | Of course at that time we did n't realise she 'd done it on purpose . |
| 12 | Well I do n't think you 'd done it since Christmas had you ? |
| 13 | They 'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity . |
| 14 | Martin mentioned that he , he 'd done it by post and you , you ex explored as to why . |
| 15 | ‘ You asked me if the garage had returned my car , when you 'd got it under lock and key all the time ! ’ |
| 16 | I was hoping you 'd got it under control . ’ |
| 17 | Well anyway , I do n't know what was true or not or what what was right , but I thought I 'd got it through seniority and we 'll leave it at that . |
| 18 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 19 | For the third time , he 'd had her within reach and then lost her . |
| 20 | She 'd grabbed it in relief , struggling into it to cover her nakedness , her cheeks hot . |
| 21 | Lord C had said she 'd borne them with stoicism , but looking back she realised she 'd been disappointed not to receive the whole dozen . |
| 22 | Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises . |
| 23 | B : If you 'd left me as captain , none of it would have happened . |
| 24 | Er , it 's in the other magazine I fetched from work after the I 'd left them at work . |
| 25 | Did you notice she says she did n't have owt and she 'd left it at home ? |
| 26 | I know , I wondered why you 'd left it on table . |
| 27 | " You mean you 'd left it to chance ? " |
| 28 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 29 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 30 | He 'd taken her to dinner at The Black Dog and through him she 'd spent Christmas at Laura 's . |