Example sentences of "[adv] he 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half awake , he was hailed by a guard for , inadvertently he 'd cycled through the entrance gates , so he quickly turned and pedalled away with heart churning . |
| 2 | Suddenly he 'd lost the taste for it . |
| 3 | Apparently he 'd called the previous evening and been surprised I was n't there . |
| 4 | she 'd had a talk with him and apparently he 'd said erm he said to her I 'm gon na be a good boy this time . |
| 5 | Apparently he 'd fixed up with the travel agency which handled Dalgety 's bookings for you to join him at all the Grands Prix . ’ |
| 6 | or and apparently he 'd lost a strip . |
| 7 | He was working in the parks just now so he was back in , and apparently he 'd had to go round and baby-sit for them the night before . |
| 8 | Erm it come from the county surveyor , apparently he 'd had complaints . |
| 9 | Apparently he 'd got it wrong yet again . |
| 10 | Apparently he 'd brought the corpse in and then tried to claim commission on it . |
| 11 | Apparently he 'd rung up for the ride . |
| 12 | It was sudden , ’ he murmured blandly , but she noticed that he did n't comment on how long he 'd known him . |
| 13 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 14 | If only he 'd finished his new masterpiece before he 'd submitted it to her critical eye . |
| 15 | If only he 'd got caught up in politics , or good works , or become a governor of his old school , he 'd have been taken out of himself more ? |
| 16 | She would have felt more able to respond if only he 'd exploded in a burst of anger . |
| 17 | The right response to Democratic scorn of George Bush 's free-trade line is ‘ if only he 'd had one ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ He should have been the best horse I ever had , if only he 'd had decent health ! ’ from owner David Broome , this was quite some testimonial to the abilities of the brilliant grey show-jumper , Phoenix Park . |
| 19 | If only he 'd learned the lesson his father had taught him when he taught him , before it all went wrong . |
| 20 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 21 | Perhaps he 'd planned it , perhaps it had n't been a lightning urge but the first of his traps . |
| 22 | Perhaps he 'd met her when she was pregnant , and had fallen in love with her ? |
| 23 | Perhaps he 'd risked time to practise with a few shots before I got there . |
| 24 | Adam went on looking at her , and her heart sank ; perhaps he 'd gone too far away in his mind to come back now . |
| 25 | Perhaps he 'd gone down to Somerset to see his mother . |
| 26 | If the house was n't locked , perhaps he 'd gone to the pub to buy his horrible cigarettes or another bottle of Scotch to drown his sorrows — whatever , she did n't think he would have gone far . |
| 27 | No one else would listen to them , but Charlie had done so once , say , and they could n't forget him ; perhaps he 'd fucked them too . |
| 28 | Perhaps he 'd timed it perfectly . |
| 29 | Perhaps he 'd recognized me — or recognized me . |
| 30 | Perhaps he 'd wanted some fresh air . |