Example sentences of "time [pers pn] 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I 'd asked him to come and play , he was already becoming a name in the pop music field . |
| 2 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 3 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 4 | He had separate orders , each locksmith and at this time I 'd done all the ord whatsit er and this and that and the other and I said what 's next ? |
| 5 | comment , and another time I 'd lit up a cigarette you know |
| 6 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 7 | By that time I 'd heard my pimp was in custody , and I started renting a flat . |
| 8 | It must have been around two-forty-five by the time I 'd packed up my stuff . |
| 9 | Sniffing around the back door it occurred to me that the last time I 'd missed something : there was no cat door . |
| 10 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 11 | ‘ The last time I 'd seen Nelson was in the courtroom in 1964 , ’ Mrs Sisulu said . |
| 12 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 13 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 14 | She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her . |
| 15 | I knew what I 'd witnessed last time I 'd seen one of those in the possession of a malai officer . |
| 16 | It was the first time I 'd seen an SS uniform , you know . |
| 17 | In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him . |
| 18 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 19 | Like Nadia , I married young — at 19 — and was divorced by the time I 'd reached my mid-20s . |
| 20 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 21 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyway , I thought I was entitled to my share of what he had , for from the time I 'd gone there five years before , I 'd pulled the business up out of nothing . |
| 23 | The first time I 'd gone abroad |
| 24 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 25 | The result of that was that by the time I 'd rushed across the road , dashed up the stair well found the place , dashed up the stairs , I was out of breath and er had n't composed myself and I just res resembled a quivering blob that er |
| 26 | That was the first time I 'd had any money out of gigging in a year . |
| 27 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 28 | By the time I 'd had her a fortnight , and she was about five weeks old , her trust in me was growing . |
| 29 | Hail and sleet showers swept over the ridge , and the Torridon giants , which rose as distant black battlements when seen from Meallan nan Euan , had changed to seemingly nearer whitewashed walls by the time I 'd dropped and climbed . |
| 30 | Each time I 'd wondered how they carried such a heavy load : how the pine-needles even stuck together , bound as they were with a single length of rope . |