Example sentences of "when he 'd [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 2 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 3 | Senga blinked back tears , " he told me he loved me and that he 'd come back for me when he 'd made his fortune and could afford to take me away . " |
| 4 | When he 'd stored his new acquisitions in it there was still lots of room left for more books and papers . |
| 5 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 6 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 7 | ‘ Goodnight , Robyn , ’ he called laughingly , when he 'd reached his car . |
| 8 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 9 | I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging . |
| 10 | Steve Foster was desperately unlucky not to score when he 'd bludgeoned his way through , right on the stroke of half time . |
| 11 | When he 'd swallowed he said : ‘ The police will find him . |
| 12 | And er er drop them in the in the blacksmith 's shop , and then when he 'd finished with them , when he 'd done 'em , they 'd all be in a tub down at the pit bottom . |
| 13 | ‘ So that , when he 'd done it , nobody would believe me when I said about us getting married . |
| 14 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 15 | But , as she all at once realised that he thought , actually thought , that she had been pumping his secretary about him , so a tide of pink warmed her cheeks , and , ‘ Nothing ! ’ she exclaimed hotly , more startlement hitting her as it dawned on her that this then was the reason for his fury when he 'd seen them together . |
| 16 | Nocenzi had been conscious when he 'd seen him . |
| 17 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 18 | I promptly forgot about the audition , considering it a waste of time , so was astounded when John phoned four days later to say I had passed the audition and would be hearing from Les Cox when he 'd decided which show I 'd be on . |
| 19 | when he 'd hidden her and covered her over , he set out to find where she 'd lived . |
| 20 | When he 'd parted them both fish and frog began animatedly to flap around . |
| 21 | Her response , when he 'd said he had n't read ‘ Varvara ’ , had shown guilt . |
| 22 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 23 | when he 'd said he 'd had a bad experience . |
| 24 | He had been right when he 'd said there was no future — because the past would always exist . |
| 25 | He 'd been right when he 'd said she was shrewish , though she 'd never suffered from the malady before . |
| 26 | When he 'd gone she said , ‘ Mummy , I do n't like that man . ’ |
| 27 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 28 | When he 'd gone I went back to bed . |
| 29 | He fetched it in and he bunged it down and I said that 's not a twenty two , he said it is , so when he 'd gone it were only nineteen so I rung him up I says hey |
| 30 | After he 'd gone out , she continued to stand as she had when he 'd kissed her — as she had when Zeno had kissed her . |