Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] from the " in BNC.

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1 He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room .
2 He looked as though he 'd stepped from the pages of a history book .
3 His father had died and he bought the property with money he 'd inherited from the estate .
4 a man stuck ‘ jewels ’ he 'd gathered from the beach
5 Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's .
6 ‘ Yes , I have , have n't I , ’ he had agreed cheerfully , clearly pleased at the speedy , efficient response to the phone calls he 'd made from the Meadowses ' ranch house the day before .
7 A large suitcase lay on the bed , still full of the clothes he 'd taken from the other room .
8 Kalchu climbed on to the roof of the house , and with the flame he 'd brought from the shrine fire set light to the two piles of jharo .
9 He took out the keys that he 'd brought from the office back home , and opened the door .
10 ‘ Each dealer knew well the cattle he 'd brought from the Irish villages .
11 The horror remained on their faces , but for some reason he 'd disappeared from the scene .
12 I did n't know about the woman and thought he 'd chipped from the left-hand side of the fairway to the right-hand side .
13 ‘ But the other , the man , the forensic pathologist thought he 'd died from the effects of nerve gas . ’
14 Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor .
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