Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
2 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
3 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
4 | He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' . |
5 | His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio . |
6 | But there was some trouble with her in her early teens and perhaps she 'd guessed something of the truth . |
7 | She 'd treated herself to the new dress , from the boutique recommended by Anneliese . |
8 | You 'd given yourself to the highest bidder — ’ |
9 | ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’ |
10 | He was obviously peeved that we 'd squared it with the music teacher while he did n't know anything about it . |
11 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
12 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
13 | He 'd added nothing since the night James came . |
14 | She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw . |
15 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
16 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
17 | They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film . |
18 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
19 | They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back . |
20 | He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him . |
21 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
22 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
23 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
24 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
25 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
26 | She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting |
27 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
28 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
29 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |
30 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |