Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had n't actually been Guy Sterne 's fault that he 'd barged in and found her naked in his bedroom last night , even if his mocking treatment of the incident had been grossly insulting … |
| 2 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 3 | This situation would be one humdinger of a funny story to tell his city friends over a drink or two — and perhaps to boast to Corosini that he 'd wrapped her around his little finger with a few husky phrases and a glimpse of his superlative body . |
| 4 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 5 | This had been the story that he 'd used when it had n't seemed so serious , and it was the story that he was sticking with now . |
| 6 | In the bay-windowed room Forester locked the door behind him and closed all the curtains before turning to the rod case that he 'd laid on the bed . |
| 7 | After a serious stuttering bout during one interview , and the admission that he 'd thought about suicide , Boris obviously appreciates Karen 's support . |
| 8 | Once inside the shed , Amis entered the cage and cast around for the big wrench that he 'd taken to keeping in here . |
| 9 | He shuffled , he stamped , he stayed well back in the shelter of the narrow brick passageway that he 'd found as a better lookout point . |
| 10 | I suspected this fool was so desperate for money that he 'd concealed the bumps and scratches on the disc with black shoe polish , so I was examining its surface with a magnifying glass . |
| 11 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 12 | They came to the pub that he 'd had in mind and climbed the steps to the door . |
| 13 | He crawled out of the hide and laid the wire , the plan that he 'd drawn and his Dad 's wire-cutters on the ground . |
| 14 | The icebox was packed with beer and he 'd prepared a lobster salad that he 'd left on ice . |
| 15 | He 'd spent most of the evening wrestling with the one fragment that he 'd managed to retain , picked out of the air behind him as he 'd been standing at the cooker watching his soup boil . |
| 16 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
| 17 | I laughed when he told the linesman that he 'd had a ‘ mare . |
| 18 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 19 | Outside , the guard shook his head at the antics of the scientists , disturbed only by the niggling sensation that he 'd overlooked something . |
| 20 | After an eight month investigation , Gloucestershire police came to the conclusion that he 'd taken his own life . |
| 21 | The room that he 'd given her was smaller than his own , but she got a bigger wardrobe . |
| 22 | Then the young man moved on , and Diane led the way through into the room that he 'd left . |
| 23 | Still , he 'd be sorry one day that he 'd turned her down . |
| 24 | She also told the court that he 'd heard he 'd threatened to blow his head off . |
| 25 | Well , Charles immediately set up the kind of court that he 'd had in London as far as he could , with a very set routine . |
| 26 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 28 | Mediterranean , perhaps , if the skin colour that he 'd taken for suntan was natural . |
| 29 | Suddenly he remembered the owl lamp that he 'd knocked in the night . |
| 30 | As Chancellor of the Exchequer , in the Seventies , had n't Mr Healey often written in his diary that he 'd gone to bed dog-tired ? |