Example sentences of "he 'd just [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 2 | He 'd just attended a pottery class at the Guild Hall in Gloucester and as usual , went to get the bus home . |
| 3 | He was a red-faced man with a pitted complexion who always looked exhausted , as if he 'd just completed a marathon . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she forced herself to speak slowly and calmly , refusing to let him know he 'd just lit a tinder within her , ‘ it may have escaped your notice that you were not the only member of the cast — come to that , you were n't the only male , either . |
| 5 | And he 'd just made a film and , we were watching something |
| 6 | Unless he 'd just bought a bed . |
| 7 | His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ? |
| 8 | It 's as if he 'd just had a snort of it . |
| 9 | If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different . |
| 10 | He 'd just had a stroke |
| 11 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 12 | He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl . |
| 13 | So I went and saw a building contractor , friend of me Dads and er he welcomed me with open arms , he 'd just got a contract for building council houses down Dunson Street at Netherfield . |