Example sentences of "[pron] 'd recently [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Like the other women , I 'd recently left my own home because I could n't carry on there any longer and I 'd been given safe spaces by friends with room to spare .
2 It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely .
3 ‘ Additionally , you 'd recently started being kind , or tender , ’ Luke resumed disgustedly , rejection suddenly blazing in his eyes .
4 ‘ Because my most enduring memory of you is late nights , or very early mornings , smelling of bars and gutters , still high from whatever dangerous moment you 'd recently enjoyed .
5 Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love .
6 And Irina 's husband , Dimitri Volkov , was involved in a passionate relationship with a woman of Russian descent , the daughter of a well-known anti-Soviet activist who 'd recently died , Yuri Warren , alias Yuri Varienski .
7 I 'd chosen Jenkins because he 'd recently got the sack and no-one was likely to run into him .
8 There was a look about him , as if he 'd recently returned from the Front .
9 Jonathon Newby was stabbed in the heart on Saturday outside the Homeless hostel in Oxford where he 'd recently started working .
10 Then , during the afternoon he put in a personal appearance at three of the funeral parlours that he 'd recently acquired for the company as part of his new expansion programme .
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