Example sentences of "he 'd just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd just tasted Mrs Venables ' cake and was cutting into Mrs Feather 's . |
| 2 | He 'd just begun . |
| 3 | At the time he 'd just started City Lights , a new shop in Covent Garden . |
| 4 | He 'd just sold his jukebox so we had the back seat piled up with records from it . |
| 5 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 6 | Patrick explained it should be stiff enough in the first place in order to stay up , achieved with the help of a product like the one he 'd just used . |
| 7 | When I was 12 , my great hero was Van Cliburn because he 'd just won the Tchaikovsky Competition , so he was invited over and played on my spinet . ’ |
| 8 | He 'd just had a stroke |
| 9 | He 'd just remembered . |
| 10 | He 'd just been shown in by a messenger , and the moment the uniformed official had withdrawn , had expressed surprise and displeasure at finding her to be his interviewer . |
| 11 | In the end , he 'd just had to see . |
| 12 | Thacker stuck out a hand , then realized it was wet — he 'd just wiped his mouth with the back of it . |
| 13 | He 'd just remembered he had a couple of toffees in his oilskin coat pocket . |
| 14 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 15 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 16 | What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel . |
| 17 | If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different . |
| 18 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 19 | He 'd just discovered Rocky Roads . |
| 20 | He 'd just stopped going back for more . |
| 21 | I put ads in the dog press , and a chap from the Isle of Wight showed interest as he 'd just lost his . |
| 22 | I taxed him about it once when he 'd just dinged the rear corner of a new Porsche . |
| 23 | He 'd just gone very pale . |
| 24 | When we decided to treat Rob to a make-over , he 'd just decided to get rid of his curly bob and wanted something sleeker — fabulous timing on our part , do n't you think ! |
| 25 | He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl . |
| 26 | ‘ This ? ’ said Marco , glancing at the tape he 'd just slotted . |
| 27 | What he 'd just said reminded her of that business last night with the tape . |
| 28 | Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well . |
| 29 | Then realizing what he 'd just heard , Dowd drew a long , slow breath . |
| 30 | When I met him he 'd just done his shopping for two weeks . |