Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd heard somewhere that you ca n't stop it after the end of the third month . |
| 2 | ‘ Leithia Everett ? ’ questioned an all-masculine voice that did n't belong to any of her fellow workers either — though somehow it seemed to be a voice she 'd heard somewhere recently . |
| 3 | It was the same roaring she 'd heard just before she and the cottage were swept away . |
| 4 | There was a murmur of agreement from the assembled men , then Springfield asked about the burst of gunfire he 'd heard not long after they 'd entered the grounds . |
| 5 | He 'd heard over and over again how fast she 'd died . |
| 6 | She stared at him , wondering if she 'd heard right , then something seemed to snap inside her . |
| 7 | She 'd heard since that he 'd left the health service and gone abroad to work … and now not only was he back , but she was expected to work with him . |
| 8 | Then , as she was about to replace the receiver , a deep male voice came from behind her — a voice she 'd heard only recently . |
| 9 | It was the noise he 'd heard before . |
| 10 | Tommy listened , nodding , as if it was a story he 'd heard before . |
| 11 | And it made everybody was getting shifted down to , so I did n't fancy working down there , we 'd heard that much about it so that 's when I left and went to Walkers . |
| 12 | Now Jesus came to town one day and everyone — including Zacchaeus — wanted to get a look at this healer who they 'd heard so much about . |
| 13 | He was impressed by what he 'd heard so far , but how was all this going to come about ? |
| 14 | I 'd heard so much about the blinking cruise being in October and not in September that I 'd considered it done and June , fool that she is , chose not to challenge me outright because her tactic is to suffer in silence until her suffering spills from her like lava , devastating everyone in its path . |
| 15 | The encouraging rapprochement between Tehran and London that we 'd heard so much about the previous year was at an end . |
| 16 | He wanted me to see a specialist in Harley Street , but I 'd heard so much about your clinic and Doctor Volkov , I said I wanted to consult her . |
| 17 | He 'd heard how Jesus was always concerned for poor people and how he always welcomed the chance to correct people like him who were living wrongly . |
| 18 | I HAVE to admit that up to now , I 'd heard more about The Cranberries than of them . |
| 19 | The words were so softly spoken that she wondered at first if she 'd heard correctly . |
| 20 | That 's what I was saying I did n't know whether I 'd heard correctly you see . |
| 21 | We 'd heard there was a way into the Goughdale Mine somewhere on the slopes of Big Allen . |
| 22 | He 'd heard quite clearly Evans 's reference to his inside track with the Kriminalpolizei at Wiesbaden , to Kurt Meyer 's treachery . |
| 23 | Then , recalling that only a short while ago he 'd guessed mockingly — and correctly — at a conventional upbringing , she added , ‘ Though you wo n't find it very exciting . ’ |
| 24 | David Bailey , the photographer whose lens pinned the swinging sixties forever to the wall , noted in 1985 that the mini-skirt was directly attributable to Jean Shrimpton 's legs , more of which he exposed with each successive photo session despite Vogue 's initial efforts to airbrush in what he 'd hiked up . |
| 25 | Yesterday , she 'd given just the cupboards she needed to use a superficial wipe-over . |
| 26 | See , we 'd given away all our oil , so we did n't need any barrels , and they were aware that the oil was a storage problem . |
| 27 | She 'd given up and love had not visited her lonely shore in years . |
| 28 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 29 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 30 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |