Example sentences of "'d paid [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd looked at me a bit strange , the woman in charge of the Bed-and-Breakfast , but I 'd paid on the nail and ordered in my refined accent , ‘ And a cooked breakfast , please ’ — so no hassle . |
| 2 | It really went to show that God was good ; when you 'd paid for the things you did and you were really sorry , He gave you something good to make it up to you . |
| 3 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 4 | Ed King was busily erecting the cage we 'd had in Covent Garden ; it was proving to be worth every penny of the £250 we 'd paid for it . |
| 5 | Not that she would have fooled anyone as she was , but eighteen months of good food and expert surgery had transformed her , making the thousand yuan he 'd paid for her seem the merest trifle . |
| 6 | They 'd paid for three days , so the rest could buy a cleaner , could n't it ? |
| 7 | He 'd paid for insurance but the travel agency had n't passed his premium on to its insurers . |
| 8 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 9 | There was no mention of the part she 'd paid in talking Braithwaite round , Christina noticed . |