Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] 'd [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tremayne bore the jokes with reasonable fortitude , cheered by the absence of enquiry or even remarks from the Jockey Club , not even strictures about ‘ bringing racing into disrepute ’ , which I 'd learned was the yardstick for in-house punishment . |
| 2 | He could n't distinguish her from the darkness , but any lingering doubt that she might belong to the dream from which he 'd risen was dispatched as her hand went from his mouth to his bare chest . |
| 3 | In the house which their son had accused them of boringly christening Sweetlea the Dasses continued the lives which he 'd said were boring also . |
| 4 | Anyway , what I 'd got was a bag of clothes for Caroline to try |
| 5 | What she 'd said was the nearest to regret and apology I ever heard from a malai . |
| 6 | He made a sweeping movement with his hand , as if what she 'd said was of no interest . |
| 7 | She thought she 'd married a pair of muscular , sheltering arms and what she 'd got was a snivelling kid still frightened of Mummy . |
| 8 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
| 9 | So I had to come back and sort of say to Ray , you know , if we go for that bid it 's not likely to be supported , erm so we , what we 'd done is a different bid which still includes investors but it 's , it 's a bit broader than that . |
| 10 | What he 'd done was switch off his terminal 's power by mistake . |
| 11 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 12 | All the same , now she was older she had to admit that what he 'd done was n't so very terrible ; she 'd just reacted in an over-sensitive manner . |
| 13 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 14 | What he 'd done was wrong , but he was her brother . |
| 15 | The young man looked startled that what he 'd thought was just a speck in his eye was turning out to be something much more serious . |