Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rats had not shown themselves again , but I 'd begun to feel them watching me from shadowed hiding places . |
| 2 | But I 'd rang the number |
| 3 | but I 'd done it you see |
| 4 | They dropped their voices to a whisper when they saw me but I 'd seen them taking nips from a bottle of gin . |
| 5 | But I 'd seen Dick Cleave and Les Petherbridge , good men both of them , choosing to hang on at the Gazette for ever . |
| 6 | actually married and said she was n't looking forward to going , but I 'd imagined she would enjoy it when she got there |
| 7 | But I 'd heard him . |
| 8 | Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you . |
| 9 | He wanted me to see a specialist in Harley Street , but I 'd heard so much about your clinic and Doctor Volkov , I said I wanted to consult her . |
| 10 | I 'd never met him , but I 'd heard him speak once , and there was no doubt that he could move people . |
| 11 | I had n't , I 'd borrowed it from Duncan but I 'd heard the Hell 's Angel crack so many times before I suddenly decided to charge him for it . |
| 12 | I 'd left my pension from the Navy , but I 'd gone into what was then known as the police , er familiarly dockyard police . |
| 13 | ‘ You thought I 'd followed Simon to Adelaide , ’ she continued , ‘ but I 'd gone there on business . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'd wanted to do music for such a long time . |
| 15 | He wanted me to stay but I 'd made up my mind . |
| 16 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 17 | Limited which seemed mostly to involve advertising and but I 'd written off and told them their candidate was . |
| 18 | This had occurred to me , but I 'd hoped that the attack had been random . |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'd provoked it . |
| 20 | But I 'd stayed away too long , I 'd forgotten everything . |
| 21 | And when I walked away I thought , oh fancy saying that but I 'd said it , it was too bloody late . |
| 22 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 23 | ‘ But I 'd locked her door . |
| 24 | But I got twe so that Mark blamed it on me but I 'd sussed it , as soon as starts tramping |
| 25 | Connie Fraser was n't really any of my business , but I 'd liked the way she was taking this whole bit . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'd sent you a cheque to cover my share of the quarter . ’ |
| 27 | But I 'd missed that one . |
| 28 | you know , quite , But I 'd wished I 'd , I wish I 'd have got those photographs to show off . |
| 29 | But I 'd woken rigid with terror . |
| 30 | But I 'd forgotten everyone else . |