Example sentences of "[Wh adv] we 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We eventually found the car by good luck more than good management ; I wished we 'd had time to start from the top end and find how we 'd gone wrong . |
| 2 | I reminded him of how we 'd got rid of Abed without any unpleasant repercussions , but he could n't accept it . |
| 3 | At Watford Gap , though , everything was fine , and a nice tea lady saw my shirt and asked how we 'd got on . |
| 4 | Said there was no need for a recce seein' as how we 'd attacked the Windmill over there every afternoon this week . ’ |
| 5 | We talked a bit more , about when we 'd heard the news , and so forth . |
| 6 | I seemed to recall that in the past when we 'd met we 'd got on reasonably well , so I assumed that it must have been something that Jennifer had told you that had turned you against me , or , failing that , that you were just embarrassed at having to work with your sister 's ex-fiancé . ’ |
| 7 | Each night when we 'd finished our various tasks he would look at our hands by the light of a candle and probe with a needle for splinters . |
| 8 | then I used to scrape it at night when we 'd finished . |
| 9 | Suspended from a beam in an old bell tower in Suffolk where we 'd planned to meet early in the morning … ’ |
| 10 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 11 | bits of where we 'd lived were scattered |
| 12 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 13 | No-one knew where we 'd gone . |
| 14 | And we sort of walked round the town and back to where we 'd parked the car and there were there were places you know , pubs and cafes which are |
| 15 | Yoksam township at 5840ft/1780m is where we 'd started from . |
| 16 | The little ledge on the vertical edge was in the shade and we sat and sucked sweets and looked back down the sweeping ridge to where we 'd started , hours ago . |
| 17 | If , if they 'd have if they 'd have talked to Andrew first , Andrew would have told him why we 'd sent it . |
| 18 | Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’ |