Example sentences of "[Wh det] they 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was part of the policy of ‘ normalisation ’ for the territory , which they 'd begun as they started to register decisive military successes . |
| 2 | The couples were offered alternative Churches at the same time on the same day as that which they 'd planned . |
| 3 | Until recently they were joint stewards of the Royal British Legion in Swindon , into which they 'd poured four and a half thousand pounds of their own money , and just months ago received a letter from the board telling them not so work so hard . |
| 4 | He especially liked to be taken to the home of a couple , to sleep securely between them if they 'd let him , and then in the morning to ask them questions about their house , about the furniture which they 'd chosen together . |
| 5 | Everything seemed to remind her of him : the jade T-shirt which she 'd worn on that happy day they 'd spent on the beach ; a phrase of music on the radio which they 'd listened to together ; and even baking a chocolate cake for the children had almost broken her up when she 'd remembered how much he 'd enjoyed the one she had made in New York . |
| 6 | But they offered a very tempting fee simply to transport an art object , a sculpture , which they 'd bought as a centrepiece for a planetary arts festival they were staging . |
| 7 | ‘ They came in their full march into the town with about 60 or 70 coloureds borne before them which they 'd taken at the Battle of Edgehill from the Parliament 's forces . |
| 8 | Asking why , were told the Standard had written a story on ‘ a dominatrix club I 'm a member of ’ , in which they 'd described the Penthouse Pet as ‘ plump ’ . |
| 9 | when two men tried to leave the factory in this van which they 'd stolen from the compound . |
| 10 | But that 's it the system is n't but they send us a donation which they 'd had for appearing on B B C or something . |
| 11 | Tony Jacklin had won the 1960 Open and the 1970 US Open , and his huge British following was going to make sure that he did what they 'd hoped he 'd do in 1970 at St Andrews , and win the 1971 Open at Birkdale . |
| 12 | Many of How 's clients were in court today for what they 'd hoped would be the final day of a complex five week trial . |
| 13 | And the marvellous thing in Plato of Socrates , when he 'd been told by the Delphic Oracle that he was the wisest of men , he started off like a sort of good poperian scientist trying to falsify this and he went round finding people wiser than himself and he went to various people and they were n't any wiser , and then he thought ‘ Oh , the poets , they 're marvellous people , they know so much ’ , and he went to them and he found that the had n't a clue what they 'd written . |
| 14 | And he went to them , and he found that they had n't a clue what they 'd written , and he concluded , quite soberly , that they must have been visited by a Muse . |
| 15 | Central South saw what they 'd achieved by 1991 , and now we 've been back to check on progress . |
| 16 | A compromise was reached whereby all the latecomers were allowed in , spontaneously , in one great gush after a particularly jolly sketch called ‘ Lumpy Latimer ’ , and they could all settle themselves down , remove their shoes , finish their sandwiches and consult the fellow next to them over what they 'd missed . |
| 17 | The route , at least , was what they 'd said , and so with nothing worse than the altitude to battle against , we reached the summit with ample time to absorb the views . |
| 18 | And the Old Bill came down and found them and nicked us , even after what they 'd said . |
| 19 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 20 | By the time you remembered what they 'd said erm |
| 21 | No i I phoned insurance up and told them what they 'd said , cos I got Maggie to phone , it were Maggie that said , they told Maggie that they were gon na put a second hand wheel on and everything instead of a brand new one so she told insurance about it . |
| 22 | Well that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 23 | Yeah that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 24 | It had been bought by a northern brewery who could n't believe that they could get over a pound a pint for their best bitter despite what they 'd heard about Londoners . |
| 25 | Guess what they 'd seen me in ? |
| 26 | When they got back , they wrote about what they 'd seen and drew pictures of their ideal playground . |
| 27 | As it drove slowly away towards the town , so the small knot of idlers and gawpers dispersed , back to the quays and the eating houses to tell about what they 'd seen , and Huy and Merymose were left alone . |
| 28 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 29 | When the 850 patrons then rose en masse and made for the exits , the actors wondered what they 'd done wrong . |
| 30 | The next morning , realizing and regretting what they 'd done , they went back to the pub and were relieved to discover that the publican had n't cashed their cheque . |