Example sentences of "said he 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art had always tried to give back what he had gained in life , he felt grateful for what he felt he had to be given , some said he 'd achieved a great deal , but in his heart he felt fate had dealt him with him gently and you have to make the most of the lo of the card life deals you . |
| 2 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 3 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 4 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 5 | He said he 'd gone . |
| 6 | He said he 'd gone for a count for a job |
| 7 | I asked Gary and he said he 'd packed it in ages ago , and so did young Bean . |
| 8 | He said he 'd met Oliver in the florist 's round the corner on his way to the station . |
| 9 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
| 10 | He just said he 'd met his solicitor friend who reckoned he could find out the details of the will . |
| 11 | ‘ He said he 'd met Datchery . ’ |
| 12 | Greg said he 'd met Marshall briefly . |
| 13 | He said he 'd sent for you . |
| 14 | At her inquest this afternoon he said he 'd visited the streets where she worked and found it dangerous even in daylight . |
| 15 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 16 | He said he 'd felt awful about the abortion last time , and he wanted to keep this one and marry me and start again . ’ |
| 17 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 18 | He said he 'd played a few years before but was very out of practice |
| 19 | I know he said he 'd made a mistake so I thought there were ten and there 's only five or something |
| 20 | He was lying when he said he 'd checked the house . |
| 21 | ‘ And there I was waiting for you , in such a state ever since Kukrit came back late from the airport and said he 'd missed you , ’ Jeremy replies , suggesting with automatic but irrelevant chivalry that they are lovers separated from their tryst with one another . |
| 22 | Then , because he said he 'd missed the train — although there was still ten minutes to go — I thought he was n't at Paddington at all : I thought Kemp was probably in Oxford . |
| 23 | ‘ Not long after he contacted me again , said he 'd moved to yet another firm and made a completely different recommendation . |
| 24 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 25 | ‘ When he came out they said he 'd lost his mind so he went off to look for it and has n't been seen since . ’ |
| 26 | " You said he 'd lost his penknife . " |
| 27 | They said he 'd lost his head and started shooting — |
| 28 | She says that he pushed past her and said he 'd lost somthing in her garden . |
| 29 | ‘ He said he 'd seen the film once an' did n't want to see it agen . ’ |
| 30 | We were asking Fish Sparks as we call him how he knew about the fish that swims up your pee and he said he 'd seen some fat explorer fellow on the box going on about it , which sounded likely enough . |