Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 2 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 3 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 4 | After she 'd made out the application for him she said , ‘ Can you manage if I leave you with it ? ’ |
| 5 | Leonora , expecting to be taken by storm after she 'd flung down the gauntlet , found Penry in no hurry at all . |
| 6 | She 'd picked up the literary allusion immediately , and enjoyed those few seconds during which the man 's intensely blue eyes had held her own . |
| 7 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
| 8 | Christina warmed to her and was glad for the trouble she 'd taken on the Morris 's account . |
| 9 | She said — and I do n't know if she was just bullshitting me , ’ and here Blufton opened his palms in a gesture of frankness , ‘ that she 'd found out the dates when a couple of lorries were due at Dover . |
| 10 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 11 | She had put an old cardigan over the top , and she 'd rolled up the sleeves and she was shaking that bucket . |