Example sentences of "that [pers pn] 'd " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was at Thurso in Scotland that I 'd first seen surfers riding tubes . |
| 32 | ‘ It meant that I 'd got through all my policies … [ they ] all had a little bit of fun and expression and there was no change in policy . |
| 33 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 34 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 35 | Eventually I decided that I 'd had enough . |
| 36 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 37 | Not that I 'd actually had nightmares about that . |
| 38 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 39 | They would n't understand how earth-shaking it was that I 'd been dreaming at last . |
| 40 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 41 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |
| 42 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 43 | ‘ It thought that I 'd sold its mate . |
| 44 | Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand . |
| 45 | But then all the different images of trees that I 'd seen — textures of bark , shades of green , angles at which the branches protruded — merged in my mind into one . |
| 46 | ‘ Yes , certainly , ’ I said , and went to fetch some from the cold locker in the kitchen , thanking my stars that I 'd happened to see where the soft-drink cans were kept . |
| 47 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 48 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 49 | I explained that I 'd told the sleeping-car attendants that Zak wanted to use him in a scene . |
| 50 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 51 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 52 | Maybe he was surprised that I 'd guessed . |
| 53 | I 'd forgotten that I 'd agreed to meet her . |
| 54 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
| 55 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 56 | But what should I do now that I 'd been told about Belinda 's feelings ? |
| 57 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 58 | Then , when I was about 18 or 19 I figured that I 'd learned every rock guitar lead that I ever wanted to know — all my favourite Ulrich Roth solos and all my favourite Frank Marino leads . |
| 59 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 60 | I suddenly realised that there were all these great black players around in Louisiana , and that I 'd missed them completely ! |