Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been no time for a cup of coffee and she 'd eaten nothing the night before , going straight to her cabin . |
| 2 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 3 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 4 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 5 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 6 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 7 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 8 | In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before . |
| 9 | Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was . |
| 10 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 11 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 12 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 13 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 14 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |