Example sentences of "[verb] he 'd [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice to say that the young medic concerned must have wished he 'd picked on any person in the history of Equity rather than your hyper-ventilating authoress . |
| 2 | Penry Vaughan 's irritation at being saddled with an unwelcome guest was understandable enough , but surely he could have let her know he 'd spoken to the police ! |
| 3 | After the cab had departed he 'd returned to the body search ; a couple of rough-looking kids came sneaking up the alley for purposes unknown , but a long , low growl from the shadows sent them running . |
| 4 | The viewers would just assume he 'd fallen into a cupboard and bang would go the impact of the scene . |
| 5 | The boy manservant , George Yaxlee , had said he 'd gone to the stable to meet Leon , the Italian boy , at nine on Friday night ; they had stayed together , first at the stable , then at the darts final at the Dersingham Arms until ten-thirty . |
| 6 | When I asked Lee what 's going on , he told me this guy had met him at the airport and that he had a letter and had said he 'd caddied for Henry Cotton . |
| 7 | Suppose he needed you there to assert he 'd walked into a trap ? ’ |
| 8 | He was the defence correspondent of his paper and I was n't surprised to hear he 'd served in the military . |
| 9 | ‘ I was sharing a cell with an Irishman and he reckoned he 'd heard from another man in there that there was a plan to kill MacQuillan . |
| 10 | ‘ A break-in , is it , sir ? ’ asked the big one , tightening his black gloves like he 'd seen on television . |
| 11 | Then she discovered he 'd gone off any idea of tucking into the delights of her home-made lasagne anyway as , without another word , he turned and headed out of the kitchen . |
| 12 | At the time , Peter Alliss said it was the longest drive he 'd seen in his life . |
| 13 | When I closed the window , I was thinking specifically of Sydney Burrows , then I heard he 'd gone to Gainsborough after all . |
| 14 | He was in Belfast when the Troubles began , then I heard he 'd gone to Italy . |
| 15 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 16 | She knew he 'd worked for Bonanza , and the chances were that in her nervous condition she would n't question his appearance . |
| 17 | Mm I mean he looked at me like I was a bit silly and it was only when I got it and looked he 'd got after Christmas written |
| 18 | He thought he 'd heard of the Box . |
| 19 | I thought he 'd gone off it but I got wrong bag . |
| 20 | His parents thought he 'd gone to a friend 's house in the next street . |
| 21 | ‘ But the other , the man , the forensic pathologist thought he 'd died from the effects of nerve gas . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't know about the woman and thought he 'd chipped from the left-hand side of the fairway to the right-hand side . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought he 'd reformed to be a daddy . |
| 24 | A post mortem investigation revealed he 'd died of carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 25 | Pascoe realized he 'd spoken in a whisper . |
| 26 | He 'd as good as admitted he 'd gone off her sexually by saying he preferred just resting in her , motionless . |
| 27 | I was beginning to think he 'd gone off his chump . |
| 28 | Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish he 'd stayed in there because we wanted to beat him runnin' , not broken . |
| 30 | He 'd never settled back into civilian life , and after telling his family at Wood Burcote in Northamptonshire that he was going camping in France , wrote to say he 'd enlisted with the Croats . |