Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 She really had thought she 'd heard the last of that voice .
2 Was it because she 'd broken the seventh commandment ?
3 There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun .
4 He was the reigning world champion and he 'd won the first two races of the season .
5 ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’
6 ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’
7 Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ?
8 I thought we 'd seen the last of him , after what he did to Jennifer . ’
9 Police had hoped they 'd seen the last of the joyriding and the crowds who gather to see the stolen cars in action .
10 George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different .
11 It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind .
12 ‘ It would come out I 'd got a first at London University .
13 It 's a good job they 'd got the second book off to the publishers .
14 In no time , he 'd bought a second one for Liam in Milltown , and then a third in Warrenpoint and now Liam was just about to clinch a site in Newry .
15 Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there .
16 ‘ I then waited to become pregnant until I 'd had the first two transfusions , ’ she says .
17 He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead .
18 We thought we 'd had the last laugh when we got to the play-off finals against Charlton but he was an even bigger pain in the arse after that .
19 I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either .
20 He 'd called the next day , and Marlin had picked up .
21 After I 'd spent the last two days setting it up ? ’
22 He 'd spent the last few days bouncing from resort to resort .
23 In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him .
24 He 'd spoken the last words in Italian , and in Italian as fluent and colloquial as his own she answered , ‘ I 'm sorry about that .
25 Somehow he 'd scored the first small , barely discernible victory .
26 He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly .
27 I 'd passed the first some way back , the second I knew came just before the horizontal passage .
28 When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling .
29 When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye .
30 Joe did n't speak again until we 'd finished the second stage .
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