Example sentences of "'d [adv] [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 2 | ‘ When you talked it was like you 'd just thought of it . |
| 3 | I did n't think that was bad , considering I 'd just thought of it . |
| 4 | If she 'd already heard of Burrows ’ escape , she would assume that our attention would be directed towards him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd already thought of that , ’ Laura told her gloomily . |
| 6 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 7 | He 's quite good-looking in a film-starry way — I 'd always thought of him as young . |
| 8 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 9 | He 'd always thought of gypsies as swarthy of complexion , but this girl 's face was pale olive and he knew that if he touched it , it would be as soft as silk . |
| 10 | He 'd always thought of that as a cliché before he met Emily . |
| 11 | He 'd always thought of her as pliable , sexy , more of an ornament than a partner for a man like Adolph Brückner . |
| 12 | I do n't suppose they 'd ever heard of us . |
| 13 | Then he got talking about you , asked me if I 'd ever heard of you . ’ |
| 14 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 15 | It was the first time I 'd ever thought of the baby as " he " . |
| 16 | I 'm Marty Hunter — ( Marty thought Graham ) — and I just wondered If you 'd ever thought of doing any mob " |
| 17 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 18 | Preston sometimes thought that Mother Bernie and William between them had ruined whatever chance he 'd ever had of a normal sex life . |
| 19 | I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts . |
| 20 | He 'd once thought of asking one of the Venetz sisters out , but they were pretty well inseparable ; a turndown did n't worry him so much as the prospect of being accepted by one and so giving offence to the other . |
| 21 | I 'd often thought of doing a TV commercial . |
| 22 | She 'd immediately thought of Jordan . |
| 23 | I was amazed you 'd even heard of it , to tell the truth . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I never knew th 'd even heard of the Quakers , ’ Jess said . |
| 25 | And the typing college was a come down , I can tell you , from his idea that she would go into a profession ; he 'd even thought of university . |
| 26 | And suddenly I realised that there was a whole lot more going on than I 'd even thought of . |
| 27 | It was a surprise because I 'd barely thought of her since I was fucked by her dog , an incident with which she had become associated in my mind : Helen and dog-cock went together . |
| 28 | He 'd certainly spoken of her appeal with convincing sincerity . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd never heard of it before in relation to dogs but our vet was wonderful . |
| 30 | ‘ I told you I 'd never heard of him . ’ |