Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] he 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best years of his mind he 'd sacrificed to this godforsaken place and precious little did he have to show for it . |
| 2 | Throw a shovelful of tarmac into the canal and they went to pieces , it had n't been his fault he 'd tripped over the cat . |
| 3 | And then Walter mentioned his book he 'd written , or was writing , I forget which . |
| 4 | He climbed to the upper level , and from the top of the stairs he could see a wide slice of moonlight telling him that he 'd not only forgotten to lock the door behind them , in his haste he 'd neglected even to close it ; he crossed the decking and closed it now , switching the key from the outside to the inside and turning it in the lock . |
| 5 | Before we got to his office he 'd persuaded Kim and Eddie ( with a fistful of notes ) to come with him and start another party at his local wine-bar after he 'd ‘ cleared his desk ’ . |
| 6 | I mean my boy had a er a terrible accident ten years ago and smashed all his face all his teeth were when we first saw his face he 'd got no teeth left but it 's got them all back . |
| 7 | The court heard that in the months before his death he 'd experimented with drugs , and had suffered from depression |
| 8 | I forced him to try marriage guidance and then backed off bawling when he told our counsellor he 'd felt alienated since our eldest , then seven , was two . ’ |