Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adj] [pron] 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown . |
| 2 | I tell ye , I was sorry I 'd taken the trouble . ’ |
| 3 | Anyway , that was the other thing , it was raining so hard , rattling at the windowpane in the dark … even so , I was convinced I 'd heard something , and at that hour there 's nobody else up except the baker , and he 's over here on this side of the Piazza , so I got up to take a look and saw this girl lying there in the rain . |
| 4 | I was glad we 'd made an impression . |
| 5 | I was glad I 'd said it so I just kept my head down and played on . |
| 6 | I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer . |
| 7 | I walked away disappointed but I was glad I 'd found someone new whom I could confide in . |
| 8 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd gone , ’ Fiona said . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , good , ’ said Garvin , ‘ I was afraid you 'd forgotten about things like that , with your recent preoccupations . ’ |