Example sentences of "they 'd [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other score — of damage to sons , property and livestock — was never calculated , but the injuries sustained were not considered excessive , and everyone agreed that it was one of the best hurling matches they 'd seen in several years . |
| 2 | Or they might put her on a prison ship to Australia , as they 'd done with two girls from St Jude 's a couple of months ago , because — on those farms where the transported convicts worked all chained together — there was a shortage of women . |
| 3 | Which was crazy , she reflected as she sat there , after all the things they 'd done to each other with their bodies , and the things yet to be done . |
| 4 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 5 | THREE yachtsmen were plucked from the Atlantic yesterday after they 'd clung for seven hours to the hull of their overturned racing sloop . |
| 6 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 7 | Dozens of times they 'd gone in single file when they came to the narrow place , made narrow by a growth of gorse . |
| 8 | She realised she was revolving everything they 'd said to each other round and round in her mind . |
| 9 | Doctors at a Bristol hospital said today , they 'd called for more research following two cases there in which mothers had used water baths in the early stages of labour . |
| 10 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |
| 11 | Among the flowers , a tribute from the hospital , to a nurse they 'd known for 5 years who 'll be deeply missed . |
| 12 | I could n't believe it both of them and they 'd smashed into each other |
| 13 | They 'd seemed on close terms since the night he overheard them quarrelling . |
| 14 | And the studio floor was covered with meat , and they had this dog they 'd starved for three days with contact mics all over its stomach … and they were recording him eating the meat ! |
| 15 | They 'd paid for three days , so the rest could buy a cleaner , could n't it ? |