Example sentences of "he 'd [vb pp] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd fallen from a second floor window . |
| 2 | When police raided his house , they found a fifteenth century Bastiano which he 'd stolen from a gallery in Venice last week . |
| 3 | It was pink , one he 'd had from a baby . |
| 4 | Another of his treasures , the seventh volume of Gaud Maybellome 's Encyclopaedia of Heavenly Signs , originally written in the language of Third Dominion academics but widely translated for the delectation of the proletariat , he 'd bought from a woman in the city of Jassick , who 'd approached him in a gaming room where he was attempting to explain cricket to a group of the locals , and said she recognized him from stories her husband ( who was in the Autarch 's army in Yzordderrex ) had told . |
| 5 | He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery . |
| 6 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |