Example sentences of "i 'd [been] [vb pp] 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 | Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay . |
| 5 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 6 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd been widowed a year when we met . |
| 8 | I 'd been told a lot of stories |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd been offered a couple of things in the league , and I could have gone to Kuwait or South Africa . |
| 10 | 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 . |