Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants .
2 Lumberjack had started barking and then , just as abruptly , stopped again , and in the silence he 'd heard a tree come down .
3 ‘ I mean , we 've never heard him DJing , we just really liked the stuff he 'd done with Primal Scream , and as for Fluke , well , we 'd heard a lot of really good things about them — plus they 're signed to Creation . ’
4 A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window …
5 I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that .
6 They were n't interested in her war story , they 'd heard a million war stories .
7 Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame .
8 He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps .
9 And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy
10 ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more .
11 Driving on , he told Paula that Harry Butler was on the way , that he 'd given a brief description of Evelyn so Butler would recognize her , plus her address .
12 She mentioned a conference at Lancaster University , where she 'd given a talk called ‘ Bringing Spirituality into Organizations ’ .
13 She 'd given a false name so he could n't trace her .
14 She got an answering machine and was pretty certain that she recognized his voice from the times he 'd given a television reporter a few words at the scene of crime .
15 At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents .
16 He 'd developed a contempt for men like Morgan and Evans .
17 The prosecution said it was a tragic case ; a brilliant academic who 'd killed his quiet , middle-aged parents , for whom he 'd developed a consuming and irrational hatred .
18 Did you feel that you 'd completed a phase ?
19 Did you feel that you 'd completed a phase ?
20 One evening after she 'd completed a couple of laps of the pool she was surprised to see David Markham stroll out of the changing-rooms on to the poolside .
21 If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something .
22 Perhaps they meant it , but he died of a fever his first winter here and it must have seemed to him that they 'd broken a promise .
23 We 'd joined a demo of people who wanted to put the wall back up and return to communism ! ’
24 Maybe he 'd joined a ship , he 'd done his national service in the navy .
25 We had Stevenage Town Hall on the Friday , The Marquee on the Saturday morning and Saturday evening we had the Brummel Club in Bromley which was David 's home town at that time — we 'd received a hell of a lot of publicity for that one .
26 We 'd received a tip-off about a shipment of cocaine due in at Nice aboard a South American freighter , so when it was unloaded we were able to apprehend the gang without much of a struggle .
27 What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ?
28 It had tried to snow over Christmas , but in London on the evening of the 27th , it was raining when Jack Carter turned into a small mews near Portman Square not far from SOE Headquarters ; which was why he had chosen it when he 'd received a phone call from Vargas .
29 He 'd received a number of reports suggesting that the secret police were losing troops as , fearing the end was at hand , they were leaving their posts and returning to their families and homes .
30 ‘ I was wondering whether he 'd received a phone call , ’ explained Owen .
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