Example sentences of "i 'd [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He was a good playmate and he and I enjoyed playing " horses " where one would " drive " the other in turns with string as harness — and he told me years later it was a bitter disappointment to him when I said I 'd grown out of the game .
2 how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back .
3 If only I 'd gone along with the doctor 's proposals , it would have been over by now — completely and painlessly over , and any feelings of guilt I might have had as a result I would surely have dealt with ages ago .
4 I 'd gone out on the boat
5 I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know .
6 As I looked at her , I thought of her shrinking , like someone in a fairytale , and how one day I might hold her in the palm of my hand with her little voice squeaking commands at me as if she was a mouse I 'd picked up in the garden .
7 He 'd been there first , waiting , and I 'd walked up to the carefully prominent bait and presented him with a perfect target , a broad back in a scarlet sweater , an absolute cinch .
8 I 'd walked up from the village under a brilliantly starry sky , breathing cold shafts of early-morning air , thinking of murder .
9 Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose .
10 Then the afternoon , we 'd had lunch anyway I 'd got up out the chair , I was so bloody livid !
11 Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to .
12 I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again .
13 I 'd got in amongst the sharks , filming them in a feeding frenzy . ’
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