Example sentences of "they 'd [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 2 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 3 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 4 | From an outer façade of imposing honey-gold limestone and carved wooden balconies they 'd stepped into a world of contrasts , the latest modern technology against the sixteenth-century splendour of Maltese architecture . |
| 5 | No I think they 'd got to a point where , you know , if you , if you were about erm , they made sure they were the first ones there like the and they , I think they more or less recognized by the merchants they , they were the boatmen . |
| 6 | I think there were some people there who did n't really know , but they maybe went because they 'd got to a funeral . |
| 7 | But they offered a very tempting fee simply to transport an art object , a sculpture , which they 'd bought as a centrepiece for a planetary arts festival they were staging . |
| 8 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |