Example sentences of "[noun] he 'd [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked round the room , looking at the fragments he 'd preserved from their life together . |
| 2 | Kalchu climbed on to the roof of the house , and with the flame he 'd brought from the shrine fire set light to the two piles of jharo . |
| 3 | Like the time she 'd found Will Pegg 's pockets full of iron nails he 'd filched from Samson . |
| 4 | Hitch reached inside his jacket and touched the butt of the Beretta he 'd taken from Scott . |
| 5 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |
| 6 | The police had brought a suit he 'd requested from his flat and he 'd changed into that , shaved and smartened himself up . |
| 7 | ‘ Each dealer knew well the cattle he 'd brought from the Irish villages . |
| 8 | He 'd most likely end up eating the grain he 'd nicked from Mrs Wright for the pheasants . |
| 9 | But … she 'd hardly spoken to Adam since the morning he 'd returned from Starr Hills . |
| 10 | She had changed into the spare slacks and jersey he 'd brought from Golden Girl . |
| 11 | But his continuing silence had brought her to the conclusion that he was content , with both his semi-bachelor life and his affair with his personal assistant , an affair he was still obviously continuing , she thought grimly , recalling the phone call he 'd received from his ‘ personal assistant ’ in Liz 's apartment earlier this morning . |
| 12 | His father had died and he bought the property with money he 'd inherited from the estate . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I have , have n't I , ’ he had agreed cheerfully , clearly pleased at the speedy , efficient response to the phone calls he 'd made from the Meadowses ' ranch house the day before . |
| 14 | The horror remained on their faces , but for some reason he 'd disappeared from the scene . |
| 15 | He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery . |
| 16 | As a boy in high school he 'd progressed from World-War-I aircraft-kits to model railways , his mind and his hands responding most happily to the assemblage of pistons , valves , wheels , with their appropriate adjustments and lubrications . |
| 17 | You see , the last order he 'd had from her was made from London after she 'd disappeared — although he did n't know that . |
| 18 | A large suitcase lay on the bed , still full of the clothes he 'd taken from the other room . |
| 19 | He reached beneath his robes and pulled free the personal reader he 'd brought from his ship . |