Example sentences of "'d [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd met Masha 's husband earlier in the day , and he 'd improvised for me . |
| 2 | I 'd flown for the first time , out to Malta in an old , rattling York aircraft , and then on to the Canal one . |
| 3 | Somehow , in those last three days , the loathing he 'd developed for his father faded . |
| 4 | In advance , using the smokescreen of Tech-Green bureaucracy , he 'd arranged for this fictional shuttle-worker to be placed on a shift which involved taking a shuttle through the gravity well to Gaiah . |
| 5 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 6 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 7 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 8 | We went down there they 'd arranged for us er place to sleep and everything , and we went to this meeting it was quite a big hall I think they were all like Trade Union delegates and that . |
| 9 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 10 | When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage . |
| 11 | David attempted to reassure him , and after he 'd arranged for him to be seen in the casualty department of the local eye unit he asked the factory welfare officer , Louise Raymond , to take him over . |
| 12 | We 'd been prepared to buy houses with flaws invisible to the naked eye , but now we 'd fallen for one with all its flaws only too obviously visible . |
| 13 | The more she tried to be that person the more I lost my sense of who I 'd fallen for in the first place . |
| 14 | Wendell 's voice was quiet and matter-of-fact as he said , ‘ I guessed some time ago that you 'd fallen for Harry . ’ |
| 15 | He knew that he 'd fallen for bait like a fool . |
| 16 | He 'd deceived and manipulated her again and again , and she 'd fallen for it every time . |
| 17 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 18 | You made it plain from the moment you met me that you were available , but you miscalculated if you imagined I 'd fallen for your little scheme . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd stopped for him , though . |
| 20 | Philip kicked at the pile of sticks he 'd gathered for his trap , scattering them . |
| 21 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 22 | He 'd trusted for the last time . |
| 23 | But she had learned what she 'd rung for . |
| 24 | She 'd looked for an opening and had had to contrive her entry . |
| 25 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 26 | She cast away the unwelcome thought that if she was made redundant she would have to find new work immediately or forfeit that small oasis of security she 'd won for herself . |
| 27 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 28 | The one you 'd booked for the summer had apparently dropped out . ’ |
| 29 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 30 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |