Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There , " he said at last , when he 'd travelled in a half-circle . |
| 2 | He visited them in Egypt , accompanied by a girl he 'd met in a bar , who proved to be a lesbian . |
| 3 | AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around . |
| 4 | She would have felt more able to respond if only he 'd exploded in a burst of anger . |
| 5 | I remembered my father 's story of how he 'd played in a game ‘ against the pick , the pick , of Catterick Camp ’ and won it singlehanded by tackling again and again a big winger from the Scots Guards . |
| 6 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 7 | Pascoe realized he 'd spoken in a whisper . |
| 8 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's no need to cover yourself up — certainly not for my benefit , ’ he 'd drawled in a tone that had sent shivers quivering frantically up and down her spine . |
| 10 | Julie Rose would be there and would return the yellow shoes I 'd left in a dressing room two weeks ago . |
| 11 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 12 | Even if he 'd sent in a flock of prime cattle , they 'd have known , after this , after St Hilarion , not to touch it . |
| 13 | Back in the days when he 'd lived in a hole in a bank , Masklin had spent far too much time cold and wet to turn up his nose at a chance to sleep warm and dry . |
| 14 | It was the first time he 'd been really alone since the days when he 'd lived in a hole and had to go out hunting by himself because there was no one else . |
| 15 | For a few brief moments he 'd been able to forget the room and the bizarre encampment and Hennessy at his elbow , and he 'd conversed in a language that came to him now almost as readily as his first ; he 'd conversed with a dark-eyed alien . |