Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] over [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's if the lawyers left her anything after they 'd picked over the bones . |
| 2 | The wearing of boxer shorts was just one of the many American ways he 'd adopted over the years . |
| 3 | In desperation your mother gave me some home movies they 'd made over the years , and I watched a chubby five-year-old with a cheeky grin and eyes like pansies . |
| 4 | All the careful protections she 'd built over the years ? |
| 5 | When Ronald Summerfield died three years ago his house and shop were found to be piled high with antiques he 'd collected over the years . |
| 6 | The idea of a sequel seemed odd , ‘ Harvest ’ was an LP he 'd badmouthed over the years , and it was hardly his style to go into the Mike Oldfield school of repackaging old product . |
| 7 | He 'd crossed over the rocks . |
| 8 | The luminaries he 'd entertained over the decades — the defecting dancers and minor spies , the addicted debutantes , the rock stars with Messianic leanings and the bishops who made idols of barrow-boys — they 'd all had their moments of glory , then fallen . |
| 9 | Despite her fiery auburn curls , she very rarely lost her temper — largely because she 'd learnt over the years to put a tight lid on seething emotions in public , keeping explosions solely for when she was by herself . |