Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pron] 'd [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished that one of the journalists who 'd interviewed him had expressed the substance of his life and work in such up-market , romantic terms . |
| 2 | From the glimpses he 'd caught he believed she 'd had slight curves — he would n't have fancied her otherwise . |
| 3 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 4 | And I remembered too the guns they 'd shown me , with the barrels roughly brazed to patch holes that had been blasted-out by home-made bullets too misshapen to find a smooth passage through when the gun was fired . |
| 5 | That they 've done what they 've said they 've done , and made a note on the things they 'd said they 'd done , but they had n't done . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 7 | It was their way of saying thank you to the locals who 'd helped them on the road to stardom . |
| 8 | He now embarked on a new recording contract for Capitol , and proved wrong all the critics who 'd said he was just emulating Crosby when he developed his own new determined style which culminated in 1955 with his album Songs For Swinging Lovers , one of the first best-selling LPs . |
| 9 | The ones who 'd brought them in , mysteriously , would come |
| 10 | Joe looked at the clothes she was wearing , the clothes he 'd bought her . |
| 11 | ‘ Because Tanith was premature and only weighed 5lb 4oz , none of the clothes I 'd bought her , or was given , fitted . |
| 12 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 13 | She had also made one or two favourable remarks on the occasions she 'd seen him working out , and had assured him that , once he 'd attained the standards she 'd set for him , he could look forward to being given a fairly prominent role in the next major presentation . |