Example sentences of "[conj] he 'd [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there without doubt were the elusive twin spires of Saigon 's cathedral that he 'd seen from far off , stationary now and clearly visible , standing sentinel over the wide , tree-lined avenues . |
| 2 | Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's . |
| 3 | It was , therefore , with exaggerated haste that he undid his black tie , pulled the white shirt over his head , substituted a red T-shirt and a pair of old Norfolk drab cords that he 'd salvaged from his father 's wardrobe . |
| 4 | And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness . |
| 5 | She usually found those , though , just as she usually found any cash or letters that he 'd hidden from her . |
| 6 | He took out the keys that he 'd brought from the office back home , and opened the door . |
| 7 | The reason for their excellent wickets , he said , was that he 'd changed from Mendip loam to Surrey loam . |
| 8 | It was Jack Ashdown , and he 'd heard from Lucy again . |
| 9 | Despite the casual modern clothes he wore , he looked as if he 'd stepped from some early-Renaissance painting . |
| 10 | Rayleen looked at him as if he 'd dropped from behind peeling wallpaper . |
| 11 | He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide . |
| 12 | Since he 'd progressed from feet , to wheel-power , |
| 13 | He looked as though he 'd stepped from the pages of a history book . |