Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 2 | The ring I 'd grasped as a baby |
| 3 | Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 5 | I 'd played at a club in Soho , even backed a few rock bands Lloyd had claimed to manage , and he 'd run a string of female mud wrestlers , mainly in the clip joint next door . |
| 6 | I 'd heard from a sceptic that there were only six basic shots in surfing photography and everything else was just window dressing . |
| 7 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 8 | Well that 's what he said oh no when he went to sleep I did I 'd done about a page this is what I read out , I went Professor Plop and the Time Machine . |
| 9 | AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around . |
| 10 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 11 | I 'd struggled through a freelance career using a wonderful old black upright Imperial typewriter , the kind hammered manically by Jack ( ‘ Cigarette me ! ’ ) |
| 12 | So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself . |
| 13 | I came to motor sport after I 'd qualified as an architect and gained a business degree , ’ he told her curtly . |
| 14 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
| 16 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 17 | I 'd thought of a course of Lenten addresses . ’ |
| 18 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 19 | A Canadian reviewer said they looked like people I 'd found at a bus-stop , which I was very flattered by . ’ |
| 20 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 21 | Then , after I 'd walked about a bit and done my errands I suddenly felt much better . |
| 22 | Just as a matter of interest , would you have believed me if I 'd said that I 'd bumped into an old acquaintance near the museum ? ’ |
| 23 | My back , my great white back was scored with thirty or forty sharp red welts , regularly patterned , as if I 'd slept on a bed of nails . |
| 24 | She told you I 'd left with a bag . |
| 25 | Julie Rose would be there and would return the yellow shoes I 'd left in a dressing room two weeks ago . |
| 26 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 27 | Even if I 'd agreed to a fifth series , Pemberley would n't have lasted for ever . ’ |
| 28 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 29 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 30 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |