Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 2 | She 'd flown to Corfu in the hope that an English boy might be her lad Ben , who disappeared 14 months ago . |
| 3 | She 'd flown to Bordeaux the previous day , and rented a car at the airport . |
| 4 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 5 | Very irritating because er if only I 'd approached David earlier as I 'd intended to . |
| 6 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 7 | I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments . |
| 8 | But maybe she 'd jumped to conclusions , she thought uneasily as she prepared for bed ; maybe it had n't been anything like that at all . |
| 9 | She 'd stripped to her stockings and garter belt , and carried a high stool centre stage . |
| 10 | which lists the activities erm that we 'd referred to before , on the original note |
| 11 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 12 | The minute he saw her , he 'd fallen to his knees and kissed her hand . |
| 13 | Even though she 'd stopped to hand out the suits , she was still first into hers . |
| 14 | The dancing stopped , and while those who 'd travelled to the all-dayer on coaches from Brighton , Hereford , Nottingham , Northampton , Leeds and Sheffield looked bemused at the sound of the King , the West Midlands regulars looked straight to Dermot Ryan , one of the three brothers behind promotions company Chuff Chuff . |
| 15 | Here , an anonymous Company shrink checking out the efficiency of Spiderglass Southern , he was going to see the woman he 'd enslaved to him by playing God in her mind . |
| 16 | He batted it away impatiently , not even pausing to consider how quickly he 'd adjusted to Yukio 's death . |
| 17 | Margaret had been close to tears as she 'd responded to her elder daughter 's terse demand for further information — a phenomenon in itself , as Gina knew her mother rarely allowed emotion to disturb the still beautiful contours of her face . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't buy this , ’ she 'd protested to her cousin just two days ago . |
| 19 | Ruth wondered what she 'd expected to be told . |
| 20 | I 'd expected to be met by Famlio gunships because they 're always there . |
| 21 | Not that she 'd expected to . |
| 22 | She would have been appalled to think she 'd added to her sister 's problems . |
| 23 | The half inch I 'd added to the 5ft 8in , somehow became attached to the 5ft 9in . |
| 24 | I 'd recorded some background music for her too and it did n't sound as if she 'd added to her collection . |
| 25 | Then she 'd added to her sins by trying to hide the fact that she spoke Italian . |
| 26 | Had it not been for the activities of Lady Laetitia 's lover , bold Sir Rupert Cartland ( played by an odious young actor who 'd risen to prominence by playing a tough naval lieutenant in a television series ) making with the garlic and the wooden stakes ( a bit of vampire lore crept into the script ) , Lady Laetitia and her father would have been turned into zombies and carried back to the subterranean cave , where they would never be heard of again . |
| 27 | She knew the terms even before he 'd turned to her , by the water jump at a point-to-point in 1949 , and said , ‘ I suppose you 'd never marry me , would you ? ’ |
| 28 | Fifteen years ago they 'd decided to be circumspect , they 'd brought their love affair to an end because the baby had been born . |
| 29 | ‘ He told me he 'd got in touch again the moment he 'd heard that you 'd decided to soft pedal a bit on work and so could be open to having a boyfriend . ’ |
| 30 | He was n't very pleased with me , and told me off for not saying where I 'd moved to . |