Example sentences of "'d never [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 2 | Most of the food was of a kind that she 'd never seen in the shops ; there was no wine or beer , but Belov had a hip-flask of vodka . |
| 3 | I was n't too keen on this cheek to cheek business , with men I 'd never seen before and did n't know the names of , but I kept on telling myself not to be standoffish and to relax a bit , but as for jiving — no , I could n't do that . |
| 4 | He even had on a collar and tie , which I 'd never seen before and which he would tug at every now and then as if it were too tight . |
| 5 | ‘ I was a bit overwhelmed when she kissed me like that because we 'd never met before and it was in public . |
| 6 | She 'd never asked for nor expected pity . |
| 7 | Because she 'd never fallen in love , the head-over-heels , with-all-your-heart kind of love that made a woman 's world centre on one man for the rest of her life . |
| 8 | In truth , she 'd never reacted to male advances with such venom before — in fact she 'd always prided herself on being able to stay cool . |
| 9 | She was a make-up artist , for goodness ' sake — she 'd seen any number of half-naked male actors in her time , but she 'd never reacted like this before . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd never heard of it before in relation to dogs but our vet was wonderful . |
| 11 | ‘ I told you I 'd never heard of him . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd never heard of it . |
| 13 | ‘ They did n't want to admit they 'd never heard of him . |
| 14 | I spent the night thankfully unaware of the marathon needlework going on in my chest and drifted back late in the morning to a mass of tubes and machines and techniques I 'd never heard of . |
| 15 | He played me a record of some Stockhausen , whom I 'd never heard of . ’ |
| 16 | The local man said he 'd never heard of such a thing . |
| 17 | Well , I 'd never heard of Lloyd 's . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd never heard of Eternity before , nor had anyone I knew . |
| 19 | I walked into this little club on the highway and I 'd never heard of them before , but there was this great , white blues band . |
| 20 | Report by Ms de Meaner Aside from Katie Mallett who , early on , informed me she would n't be entering this comp ( she 'd never heard of Summerhill ) , most of the regulars entered . |
| 21 | Even with no lesbian volunteers , some women continued to call ; women who 'd never heard of Lesbian Line , women who could n't call during the hours they were open , women who 'd swallowed media distortions of separatist groups , women who preferred the service or needed information Switchboard had . |
| 22 | John , 39 , found the record haul while renovating a Liverpool house and dumped them ‘ because I 'd never heard of Larry Lurex ’ . |
| 23 | He 'd never heard of Vecchi and was n't interested in finding anybody by that name . |
| 24 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 25 | I 'd never heard of it before , yet it 's so easy to catch — I got it purely from food . |
| 26 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 27 | ‘ I rang up Scotland Yard to tell you something this morning , and they 'd never heard of you . ’ |
| 28 | Social ostracism followed outbursts of silliness , hubby drank a lot , did n't hit her often but did bad-mouth her excessively , and took up fishing ; went away for weekends with male friends she 'd never heard of , Claimed to be tackling rivers but kept bringing home filleted sea fish on the Sunday night , and was always suspiciously careful to empty his pockets when he gave her his clothes to wash . |
| 29 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
| 30 | I 'd never heard of work till that moment , and there I was thinking of myself dressed in trousers and sitting at a desk with a ledger . |