Example sentences of "and [conj] i 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 2 | I suddenly realised that there were all these great black players around in Louisiana , and that I 'd missed them completely ! |
| 3 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 4 | I came across him when I was about 14 or 15 , and although I 'd played Chet Atkins-style fingerpicking before , it had n't occurred to me to use the bottleneck in conjunction with fingerpicking . |
| 5 | The problems of Russia suddenly became topical two years ago at school , and although I 'd grown up with a faint mistrust of ‘ Commies ’ , in 1988 I started writing to Murat , a young Russian . |
| 6 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 7 | And if I 'd known there would be raised voices , I would n't have let you in here . ’ |
| 8 | And if I 'd known you were here I would never — ’ |
| 9 | And if I 'd known he was going to turn out a stupid and objectionable youth I 'd never have employed the foolish boy . |
| 10 | You see the piece I just read is a monologue and if I 'd known there was a competition for it I 'd have sent it there rather than |
| 11 | Well he he 'd got a , and if I 'd got to do it you know , another day , his er perhaps start and er i , well you know when he came for a meal and saw all that ? |
| 12 | and if I 'd got something big and heavy you used to say to me bring it down and put it in my big machine . |
| 13 | And if I 'd had any problems , he sorted them out . |
| 14 | I was arguing about the principle , that er , I mean , the lady who came to clean for me , was a nursing auxiliary , and if I 'd had rheumatism , she would have bathed me , and done sort of thing as well . |
| 15 | Limited which seemed mostly to involve advertising and but I 'd written off and told them their candidate was . |
| 16 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 17 | Because of what he 'd said and because I 'd asked his wife who he was . |
| 18 | And after I 'd explained , and we 'd laughed a good deal , and taken off each others ’ wet clothes , it was . |
| 19 | And after I 'd gone home yeah ? |
| 20 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 21 | And after I 'd stamped and sealed the envelopes he rang back he said I have n't got the copy VAT certs either . |
| 22 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 23 | " I saw a hare and after I 'd found the body there was a sparrowhawk , a kestrel . " |
| 24 | I had some woodwork to finish off indoors and after I 'd glued up I had some light sanding to do . |
| 25 | I was in a fever of vicarious excitement , looking at street plans of Florence and trying to remember the name of a boy I 'd met in the Boboli Gardens in 1961 , but friends and relations were wanting to know whether I had really vetted the family , whether I 'd like to hear a selection of au pair horror stories , and whether I 'd made good any gaps in my daughter 's domestic skills . |
| 26 | He 'd disliked anyone complimenting me and when I 'd done well in a race he 'd found it difficult to offer congratulations . |
| 27 | Toby stood at my elbow , and when I 'd hung up and told him said , with a strange urgency , almost like despair : " No , no , not this Sunday , for Christ 's sake , ca n't you get out of it ? " |
| 28 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |
| 29 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |