Example sentences of "[coord] i 'd " in BNC.

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1 Or I 'd better provide you with some paper .
2 You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff .
3 Or I 'd thought of getting a teaching qualification — maybe starting my own commercial language school . ’
4 Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money .
5 Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening .
6 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
7 The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day .
8 ‘ but he was wearing a collar and I 'd tied him to a lamppost . ’
9 I was still living with my parents at the time and I 'd not long passed my driving test — with Bernie 's assistance — so I borrowed my old man 's Austin Cambridge one Sunday morning and drove over to Nick 's .
10 It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in .
11 We 'd played in St. Albans and I 'd met a girl there , Claire , She was the Social Secretary at the college who 'd booked us in to play .
12 I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over .
13 I had done the score for Warren for Reds and I 'd never quite finished it , so I always felt I owed him one . ’
14 I had a new top on , and I 'd washed my hair , I was dead pleased she 'd noticed .
15 An offer I could n't refuse , Dee-Dee had said ; and I 'd thought only of money .
16 He 'd been there first , waiting , and I 'd walked up to the carefully prominent bait and presented him with a perfect target , a broad back in a scarlet sweater , an absolute cinch .
17 I had tried since , alone and with others , and I 'd been tongue-tied .
18 We 'd been in our first house for just over five years , and I 'd served my d-i-y apprenticeship then , improving slightly as each room was restored and decorated .
19 And I 'd seen every bird in Israel but one , the bar-tailed lark .
20 Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions .
21 However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag .
22 By 9.15 Callahan and Ted still had n't showed at Jocko 's , and I 'd forgotten my webbed gloves .
23 And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about .
24 K. M. I was on the Dingle Lane gate — Shell Mex place — and I 'd been down there a few months .
25 I said to her : ‘ I saw you talking to that fellow , and I 'd warned you . ’
26 Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department .
27 Between the Cubs Christmas Fayre and the Girls Guildry conversazzione , and I 'd two dozen melting moments for the Brownies Bring And Buy .
28 The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire .
29 I 'd blacked my eyebrows till they were like tarmac , I 'd put raspberry-coloured gloss thick on my lips and I 'd done my eyelids in a limey shade of green .
30 And I 'd dreamt : I was in a tiny dark shabby shop , something out of Dickens .
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