Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] he 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept mumbling that he 'd met ‘ the very Devil himself ’ and was shivering terribly . |
| 2 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 3 | No point in taking trouble with him ; no point in explaining that he 'd walked all the way up to the blooming rectory to set his mind at rest . |
| 4 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 5 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 6 | Without even realising that he 'd moved , he found himself standing by the door to her room . |
| 7 | Even now he could n't stop himself from making a comic routine out of it : looking at his fingers , his face screwed up in disgust , pretending that he 'd found something unspeakably revolting in the depths of his pocket . |
| 8 | At least he 'd made someone happy , he thought drily , regretting that he 'd snarled at the lad in front of him . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'd have heard him all over the shop , ’ he said , ‘ and he came off the phone complaining that he 'd just lost 40,000 . |
| 10 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 11 | At the moment he 's probably wishing that he 'd stuck to music . |
| 12 | Charles hedged by saying that he 'd never imagined the BEF would be at all like this . |
| 13 | This time it was Travis , a worried Travis , saying that he 'd tried to ring Rosemary , but was getting no reply . |
| 14 | Joe Jordan kept the teenager away from the media after the match , indicating that he 'd sent Thomas home ‘ to celebrate with a glass of milk ’ . |
| 15 | The jury at Oxford Crown Court found the married father of two guilty after hearing that he 'd tied the woman 's hands hands behind her back in the city 's New Road and subjected her to a terrifying ordeal , during which she 'd feared for her life . |
| 16 | If it was n't for Winnie — so understanding , knowing that he 'd been tricked , snared in this vile trap — he knew not what he 'd do . |
| 17 | But he knew he was well known for knowing that he 'd got you . |
| 18 | It was n't a matter of money — four hundred would n't break him — it was the risk of finding that he 'd been duped and made a fool of that made Carson wary . |
| 19 | He 'd been thinking that he 'd covered every angle , but now he was feeling as if he 'd been wrong-footed . |
| 20 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 21 | In the meantime , in the Paris suburb of Montfermeil , the mayor refused to register children of immigrant descent in his town 's primary school , declaring that he 'd filled his quota of foreign children . |