Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [pron] 'd [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 2 | It was up to Moscow to start checking among the émigrés and escapees who 'd gone to Paris after the war ended . |
| 3 | The victorious pensioners were backed by friends and relatives who 'd collected at least fifteen thousand signatures for a series of petitions . |
| 4 | Chris had already been given a severe ticking-off when he 'd admitted to the box-office that he 'd lost count of the number of tickets and cheques he 'd stuffed into all his suit pockets . |
| 5 | Taking the germ of an idea from the exotic blend of shapes and colours and textures she 'd absorbed during their day out , she worked slowly and painstakingly to create several tiny , intricate designs . |
| 6 | Being an intellectual or bourgeois did n't help that much in itself but those of their own journalists and professors they 'd sent to the remote prison island of their archipelago , Guru , had n't been systematically tortured ; just neatly excised from society for twenty years or the stay of their natural existences . |