Example sentences of "they 'd been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been stored in a hangar which was totally destroyed . |
| 2 | But they had n't been made at Fords , they 'd been made in a subsidiary , taken up the road on long trailers , taken off the trailer onto the assembly conveyor , which er crawls round the assembly line and fitted like that . |
| 3 | The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations . |
| 4 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 5 | and erm as usual this was erm , this created a bit of controversy because erm temporary staff , according to the reading of the minute , did n't er , were n't entitled to war bonus because erm , they 'd been appointed at a certain salary and er that was that and er , but in the end we managed to get our war bonus as well so we were on equal pegging with the , with the other staff . |
| 6 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 7 | They 'd been married in a church she 'd always gone to as a child and afterwards there was a reception in the Mansfield Hotel , near by and convenient , and then she and Gordon had gone to Cumberland . |
| 8 | His jeans looked as if they 'd been slashed with a knife . |
| 9 | They 'd been heading for a festival in Chipping Sodbury , but had been diverted by police . |
| 10 | The solitude and the almost palpable darkness combined to create the feeling that they 'd been draped in a blanket . |
| 11 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 12 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |