Example sentences of "and he 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he was called Horn and he 'd popped across to see the Duke of Hamilton or somesuch . |
| 2 | She had a bad cold and he 'd dressed her in layers of clothes so that her coat buttons bulged and her boots were tight and hot . |
| 3 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 4 | His car had been damaged at least six times and he 'd moved his double glazing factory because of three attempted robberies . |
| 5 | It was very restful and he 'd moved his furniture around so that he could lie on his bed and look at the view . |
| 6 | The owner before Uncle Titch had been a retired seaman and he 'd renamed it the Turk 's Head , not after an Ottoman warrior , as most people thought , but after a special type of nautical knot that looked like a turban . |
| 7 | Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request . |
| 8 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 9 | I 'd met Masha 's husband earlier in the day , and he 'd improvised for me . |
| 10 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 11 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 12 | And he 'd lost her . |
| 13 | She also noticed that his brogue had thickened and he 'd lost his American accent . |
| 14 | In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained . |
| 15 | The icebox was packed with beer and he 'd prepared a lobster salad that he 'd left on ice . |
| 16 | He 'd known he was going to be tested , and he 'd prepared himself . |
| 17 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 18 | She 'd tossed him some bait , and he 'd swallowed the rod . |
| 19 | It astonished her how the passage of time had censored from his memory everything except the trimmings like crackers , turkeys and mince pies ; and he 'd imagined , in the place of the emotional strain and physical surfeit he 'd forgotten , a wholly fictitious jollity . |
| 20 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 21 | Goreng had been worried it might be a set-up — paranoia and distrust were that army 's staple — and he 'd assured Martinho that he 'd be the first to go if that was the case . |
| 22 | He 's a fat little bugger and he 'd stood his backside in front of the fire . |
| 23 | And he 'd organized this erm professional theatre company it was , to come |
| 24 | There was always a hunger for newspapers and magazines ( usually preferred to books ) and he 'd heard of baptizers in Patashoqua who named children by stabbing a copy of the London Times with a pin and bequeathing the first three words they pricked upon the infant , however unmusical the combination . |
| 25 | It was Jack Ashdown , and he 'd heard from Lucy again . |
| 26 | This was because Jakali 's husband 's ploughing bull had died and he 'd pleaded with Kalchu to lend him one of his . |
| 27 | I 'd once had to miss a rendezvous with him after he 'd done his own stripping vicar act for some giggling secretary 's twenty-first birthday and he 'd shot out of the pub stark bollock naked to find me somewhere else . |
| 28 | Like as not he would n't even recognize her , and he 'd made it clear she was merely one of a number of girls who accommodated him . |
| 29 | Her prolonged absence had affected his concentration , and he 'd made a hash of the signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 30 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |