Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 2 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 3 | Hamnett took the towpath ; insofar as he 'd considered it at all , the old fellow thought he must have returned the other way . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 6 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Er and that er in my view anyway demonstrated that we 'd got it about right in terms of our assessment of the effects of the Southern Bypass . |
| 9 | they 'd got it in right , cos she was showing my how it worked and that , all |
| 10 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 11 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 12 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 13 | I did n't know she had this cold and she 'd had it for ten |
| 14 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 15 | Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before . |
| 16 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 17 | The race was the brainchild of Chay Blythe , he 'd planned it for 4 years and raised the money for 10 million pound yachts . |
| 18 | Whatever it was , he 'd served me with his final invoice and I 'd paid it in full . |
| 19 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |