Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 2 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 3 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 4 | He was rearranging his hair in the rear-view mirror as the monster moved out into the traffic , scattering small boys who 'd gathered at the front of the car to try and open the bonnet , for God 's sake , and examine the engine . |
| 5 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 6 | He 'd looked at the sheet of newspaper with the long-necked figures and the rough lines , and had seen the type underneath and its story about a car bomb in the city centre . |
| 7 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |
| 8 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 9 | If she 'd confessed at the beginning it would n't have been so bad , but how could she tell them now ? |
| 10 | But he wanted to represent a protean form now , however impossible ; wanted to find a way to fix what he 'd seen at the door of his hotel room , when Pie'oh'pah 's many faces had been shuffled in front of him like cards in an illusionist 's deck . |
| 11 | Nancy was standing in the middle of the yard with her hands to her face , shouting about a black bogey she 'd seen at the window of the hayloft . |
| 12 | Watching , Jess was reminded of a pack of alley cats she 'd seen at the rear of Samson 's smithy one night . |
| 13 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 14 | She recognized all the people she 'd seen at the dinner table in the Llandogger Trow and at the Frolic . |
| 15 | After the initial wave of guilty surprise , finding that the beautiful girl she 'd seen at the market had been Roman 's younger sister , she 'd taken an immediate liking to Anneliese . |
| 16 | He 'd wept at the lack of talent , enjoying the attention of fifteen girls , and had played the hard-bitten foreign correspondent to their naivety . |
| 17 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 18 | I suddenly felt nauseous with anger and humiliation — none of the things I 'd felt at the time . |
| 19 | At least he 'd made someone happy , he thought drily , regretting that he 'd snarled at the lad in front of him . |
| 20 | For lunch we had damp oat-cakes we 'd bought at the village shop . |
| 21 | Which , she 'd thought at the time , were appropriate registration letters for her cousin Paul Gray 's car , missing now for nearly two weeks . |
| 22 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 23 | She 'd called at the library on her way home and borrowed some books on the Dordogne . |
| 24 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 25 | He worked in Whitehall , that 's all I 'd known at the time . |
| 26 | As he said it , he held her eyes and suddenly Ronni was remembering that glass of champagne they 'd shared at the party . |
| 27 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 28 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 29 | Of course there was the occasional hiccup , such as when they 'd arrived at the nightclub to see a particularly gorgeous girl whom the Press had linked with Ace in the past . |
| 30 | We 'd arrived at the zoo . |