Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be waiting for me to react , rather as if he 'd floated a fly in front of a fish . |
| 2 | She 'd included a sleeping-bag in the luggage she 'd brought with her , so she could manage . |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten a point in the vid adverts for Balbazian steel . |
| 4 | ‘ All through The Graduate Nichols thought he 'd made a mistake in casting me . |
| 5 | I 'd feel differently if she 'd made my father really happy , but , believe me , he soon learnt he 'd made a mistake in marrying Bertha . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd made a mistake in judgement , but that was his problem , not hers . |
| 7 | On that morning Mrs. Millings was late because she 'd seen a body in the Thames while crossing Southwark Bridge . |
| 8 | Four weeks earlier , she 'd noticed a lump in her breast . |
| 9 | Far from looking cool I must have looked like I 'd done a packet in my trousers . |
| 10 | You 'd used a shield in training . |
| 11 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 12 | Oh he , I should say he 'd got a knife in his hand knife that 'd be . |
| 13 | and she 'd got a table in front of her and she was sitting on the settee and the table in front of her and this new jigsaw , over a hundred pieces in it and there she was lady |
| 14 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 15 | On the way back from moving the sheep , I felt as if I 'd had a night in the pub , started feeling very wheezy and , Oh this is good . |
| 16 | It would have been me pencil if I 'd had a pencil in me hand . |
| 17 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 18 | Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’ |
| 19 | and she said no she 'd been to pay her poll tax over there , she said she 'd had a rest in one of the shops over there on the way |
| 20 | Anyway , I 'd had a drink in the Club , that 's where I heard . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 22 | She 'd had a lover in Switzerland ; ski slopes , snow-white sheets . |
| 23 | But so far they 'd drawn a blank in that direction . |
| 24 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 25 | I think that he 'd reached a stage in his life where he was to become less community minded and more geared toward the fulfilment of his own career . ’ |
| 26 | She almost flinched , but somehow her pride rescued her from that , although she felt as though he 'd stuck a knife in her heart and started to revolve it . |
| 27 | It was n't until yesterday that Swindon Police announced they 'd arrested a man in connection with Joan 's disappearance . |
| 28 | They 'd shared a bed in Cumberland and she had comforted Gordon because nothing was quite right . |
| 29 | He 'd demanded a man in charge of each wire and Rose had baulked at the expense . |
| 30 | Well , not that bad really , but they 'd laden a van in London bound for Torquay , and managed to overfill it somewhat , so that when membership services executive Kevin Ramage ( driver ) and conference executive Meryl Halls ( navigator ) were stopped on the road to Torquay and instructed by the police to proceed to the nearest weighbridge , they were found to be in contravention of the law . |