Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd noticed it the night before . |
| 2 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 3 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 4 | The owner before Uncle Titch had been a retired seaman and he 'd renamed it the Turk 's Head , not after an Ottoman warrior , as most people thought , but after a special type of nautical knot that looked like a turban . |
| 5 | She told a magazine : ‘ If we 'd left it the way it was so depressing you 'd have wanted to slash your wrist after seeing it . |
| 6 | He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty . |