Example sentences of "i 'd be [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys .
2 I had n't been thinking of stress or shock , I 'd been nursing a hangover .
3 Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’
4 I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday .
5 I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay .
6 I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence .
7 I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’
8 I 'd been taking a bucket of slack to the washhouse where all the women were gathered gossiping .
9 So I do n't You know whilst I would have normally if I 'd been teaching a class done about five or six examples of that , that 's all you 're gon na get .
10 I 'd been to have a bun and a squint at Mrs Y 's telly , or , to put it another way , Inspector , doing a pastoral visit to a sick member of the congregation . ’
11 I 'd been widowed a year when we met .
12 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
13 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
14 And the circumfe and erm diameter on I 'd been cutting a lot of them down , the diameter of them was from four foot to about six foot .
15 I 'd been told a lot of stories
16 I 'd been having a bit of a go about putting your hand up but every time he put his hand up I 'm bending over somebody or I 'm in a different part of the room .
17 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 .
18 I 'd been offered a couple of things in the league , and I could have gone to Kuwait or South Africa .
19 I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out .
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