Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd heard about St Manicus : they 'd done a project on him at school . |
| 2 | He 'd heard about the jail 's reputation for handling violent and dangerous offenders . |
| 3 | She 'd tell her every single thing , all he 'd said about Commander Abigail and all about the bath and the wedding-dress and what he was saying now , about witnessing the accident . |
| 4 | She thought of what he 'd said about New England that day he 'd brought her to Rome , and how arrogantly she 'd reacted . |
| 5 | She remembered him trying to tell her , sometimes , about the sky and the Thing and where nomes first came from , and she 'd never really understood , any more than he 'd understood about the little frogs . |
| 6 | After a serious stuttering bout during one interview , and the admission that he 'd thought about suicide , Boris obviously appreciates Karen 's support . |
| 7 | If he 'd thought about it at all , he 'd imagined that they could find the Shuttle plane and wedge the Thing on it somewhere . |
| 8 | He 'd desperately needed to talk to someone about this and when he 'd thought about it , William was the only person he could talk to . |
| 9 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 10 | He 'd forgotten about that . |
| 11 | Quentin gave him the coin , apologizing because he 'd forgotten about it . |
| 12 | That also annoyed Patterson as he 'd forgotten about the card . |
| 13 | He 'd forgotten about the booklet that he put forward on building regulations , the forward that he 'd put forward , so what he was asking to do was already Council policy that he initiated but forgot about . |
| 14 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 15 | He had one photograph , from Shaun 's wedding , and the photograph 's arrival had been the first that he 'd known about any of it . |
| 16 | The only person he 'd told about his odd vision had been Jenny , and she had laughed delightedly and understood . |
| 17 | They had talked about Northumberland — or , rather , Roman had talked and she had listened , at first apathetically , but gradually , as he 'd spoken about the Romans , she 'd become more and more fascinated . |
| 18 | It was n't just the terrible things he 'd implied about Isabelle , although , God knew , they were bad enough . |
| 19 | He 'd got about half-way through the book , and stuck . |
| 20 | He 'd lied about so much else , and it was quite clear now why he 'd wanted to know so much about Ryan , where he was , what he 'd done ; he 'd wanted to know how much or how little Ryan had told her so that he did n't make the same mistakes . |
| 21 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
| 22 | He 'd lied about Tara , lied about Nicola Schreider … assured her she was n't his type then pursued her with consummate skill until his ego was satisfied that she was ripe for seduction … |
| 23 | And yet he 'd talked about giving it back if he won and if she was good to him . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear girl , you 'd have thought him very ill-bred if he 'd talked about money to you , and even if he had , you would n't have understood the relevance of what he was saying , any more than he understands how well off we are . |
| 25 | There was a note from Lisabeth Sellotaped to my door telling me that Frank had phoned and that Salome was ‘ comfortable ’ which was heaps better than ‘ stable ’ , and he 'd talked about her being moved to town . |
| 26 | That investigating team he 'd talked about , they were probably passionately interested in him . |
| 27 | Now , if he 'd written in a more highfalutin way , or he 'd talked about Liz and myself , or a variety of other things , in a very pontificating way , it may never have got in the newspaper because they would have said , ‘ What is the relevance ? |