Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ?
2 And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about .
3 ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’
4 ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’
5 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
6 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
7 Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face .
8 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
9 Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd
10 I 'd gotten myself a Herald Tribune and I sat reading it on one of the red seats there . ’
11 I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’
12 He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’
13 I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough .
14 Cos I 'd got her a tube of toothpaste .
15 If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’
16 Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map ,
17 I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map .
18 He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty .
19 ‘ She agreed eight o'clock when I spoke to her yesterday , after I 'd offered her every other hour of the day .
20 I 'd forgotten what a thin face Dad had got — how old he was .
21 I 'd forgotten what a joy it is to have a girl-friend .
22 I 'd forgotten what a delicious meal tea could be ; and sitting there I felt invaded by the envy of the man who lives in an institution , and has to put up with institution meals and institution everything else , for the rich private life of the established .
23 By the time I 'd had her a fortnight , and she was about five weeks old , her trust in me was growing .
24 ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby .
25 Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on .
26 ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ .
27 It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then .
28 I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand
29 Though I wish you 'd given him a different name .
30 I was beginning to think you 'd given it a miss . ’
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