Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i 'd [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records .
2 I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun .
3 He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky .
4 They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant .
5 Tony more subdued than I 'd remembered him .
6 It was fine because I 'd moved it , luckily , I 'd
7 He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job .
8 And when I walked away I thought , oh fancy saying that but I 'd said it , it was too bloody late .
9 but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ?
10 I 'm delighted with that , the budget came out er , much better than I 'd hoped it would do , and er , and I , I am sure that we shall see some improvement in the police er , over the next year .
11 It was better than I 'd thought it 'd be .
12 Loading it after all those years was a strange experience ; if anything it seems better than I 'd remembered it .
13 It 'd have been better if I 'd kept them two .
14 It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree .
15 Yes I did know she was going to be in Caracas and No I did n't tell you and Yes that was wrong but would it have been better if I 'd told you ?
16 They 're one point eight G L Estate F reg , four thousand , two hundred , that 's A B C D E , five year 's difference , done four thousand , two hundred , two , eight hundred quid , well actually it 's , our cars worth over a grand if I 'd sprayed it up and put it on the market
17 Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know .
18 Just watch , I 'll put the Teletext on , out of all the races there was one there King 's Fountain , first , it had , it had only just come first and I 'd switched it on , I went wow
19 He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) .
20 Even I had come to realise we were n't as compatible as I 'd thought we were .
21 He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for .
22 It had a nice smell and my hair felt very silky and manageable after I 'd rinsed it .
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