Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] 'd [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent the rest of his time in the local bar , which I 'd called The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea . |
| 2 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 3 | On the desk before her lay a slip of paper , onto which she 'd copied the basic details of a single credit card entry noted in Charlie 's records . |
| 4 | Asking why , were told the Standard had written a story on ‘ a dominatrix club I 'm a member of ’ , in which they 'd described the Penthouse Pet as ‘ plump ’ . |
| 5 | It was painful enough knowing they had both let their love for each other slip so easily away , but the speed with which he 'd filled the void she 'd left really cut into her . |
| 6 | He ran his eye down the list , looking at the column in which he 'd noted the time of day for each killing . |
| 7 | Caught up in the hysteria of the moment , Hoc ran blindly with the milling crowd , still clutching the bloodstained coupe-coupe with which he 'd felled the Corsican . |
| 8 | His grandfather 's picture lay in his grandma 's album , two from the end , showing his grandfather wearing his lordship 's livery , in which he 'd driven the old Baron to the coronation of King George VI in 1937 . |
| 9 | Because he knew what I 'd sent the fax for er , he knew what I 'd sent that for . |
| 10 | And even she had to admit that what she 'd seen the Prince show the old woman had seemed to be genuine respect and affection — |
| 11 | ‘ But you did n't even consult me , ’ said Ken reproachfully when presently it occurred to him to ask what she 'd called the baby , and Wendy told him . |
| 12 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , that 's very welcome , ’ she agreed , quietly sipping a tall glass of orange as Ben explained to both her and Ross exactly what they 'd told the twins so far . |
| 14 | There was no passion amongst them now , nor more than a vague comprehension of Roxborough 's purpose in forming what he 'd called the Society of the Tabula Rasa , or the Clean Slate . |