Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm hopefully Terry reported that he 'd received a reply to his initial letter about the energy conservation bill . |
| 2 | He 'd won a bursary to a local grammar school when he was eleven and then gone on to an apprenticeship with an engineering firm which employed a quarter of the town 's local inhabitants . |
| 3 | I 've caught some , where I 'd caught a bus to you , if , remember when I was decorating the flat ? |
| 4 | He told me he 'd made a codicil to his will — the man showed it to me , and it 's all in order . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
| 6 | The heavier atomic bits — the stuff that goes to make up the planets — they had to wait until later until they 'd had a chance to be built up . |
| 7 | I did n't know you 'd found a successor to Death-House Donald . " |
| 8 | She 'd taken a shine to Tom Rudge whom she now knew to be an apprentice fitter , as was Cyril , his mate . |
| 9 | He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted . |
| 10 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 11 | Once , she 'd taken a hammer to the headlamp of his motorcycle . |
| 12 | She 'd taken a liking to Silvia and had no wish to betray her and get her into trouble with her quarrelsome cousin . |
| 13 | One of 35 Britons on the plane , Brian was part of a six person group who 'd planned a trek to Tharpu Chuli . |
| 14 | They 'd planned a trip to Warwick Castle , but she could n't get the time off . |