Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] me [pers pn] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 2 | Sister Hope told me she 'd known a couple of pneumonias opened up by mistake . ’ |
| 3 | Ed told me he 'd had a lot of bitter arguments about this plan with Hauser . ’ |
| 4 | Gillian told me he 'd given up smoking . |
| 5 | ‘ Nicola told me she 'd found out about a couple of drug smuggling operations in this country run by the Mafia . ’ |
| 6 | Blagg told me he 'd thrown away the revolver that woman gave him . |
| 7 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 8 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |