Example sentences of "when he 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 2 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 3 | He recalled his first day in the area , when he 'd stopped off at Conon Bridge to browse around a sporting store and listen to the gossip . |
| 4 | When he 'd stopped feeling sorry for himself , he handed me a piece of paper with a number on it . |
| 5 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 6 | Senga blinked back tears , " he told me he loved me and that he 'd come back for me when he 'd made his fortune and could afford to take me away . " |
| 7 | Like when he 'd pushed that mouthy girl under the Whirli Go Round . |
| 8 | When he 'd stored his new acquisitions in it there was still lots of room left for more books and papers . |
| 9 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 10 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 11 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 12 | " There , " he said at last , when he 'd travelled in a half-circle . |
| 13 | ‘ Goodnight , Robyn , ’ he called laughingly , when he 'd reached his car . |
| 14 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 15 | He had not imagined , when he 'd written the poem four years before , that he would ever be standing here , thinking of the Fall of Man . |
| 16 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 17 | When he 'd replaced the phone he said , ‘ I 'll get breakfast as soon as we 've showered . ’ |
| 18 | When he 'd lived Outside , before the Store , he 'd got accustomed to going for days without food and then , when food did turn up , eating until he was greasy to the eyebrows . |
| 19 | Travis , when she met him , looked as dreadful as he had when he 'd called to pick up his car yesterday . |
| 20 | I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging . |
| 21 | Like when he 'd poured acid into Hugo 's water carrier . |
| 22 | Steve Foster was desperately unlucky not to score when he 'd bludgeoned his way through , right on the stroke of half time . |
| 23 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 24 | She had n't taken his horse and left him when he 'd fallen into a stupor last night . |
| 25 | He had lied to Evelyn when he 'd denied any idea of what the ransackers were looking for . |
| 26 | Had he visualised his desires to Azmaveth inaccurately when he 'd breathed the fume ? |
| 27 | Just as he had last year in the pub in Kent when he 'd glassed the landlord — when the landlord had chatted to Jo while Jack was in the bog . |
| 28 | Martinho was watching , with that ‘ I 've got nothing to do with this ’ look that he put on when he 'd fucked things up good . |
| 29 | Judith had once confided that she too had an uncertain grasp of the past , though she 'd been drunk at the time , and had denied it vehemently when he 'd raised the subject again . |
| 30 | When he 'd swallowed he said : ‘ The police will find him . |