Example sentences of "i 'd [been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 2 | I 'd been looking forward to telling Charlie how depressed and lonely I 'd been since we moved to London . |
| 3 | I 'd been looking forward to seeing you both , and I had wanted to discuss that Unesco thing with you . ’ |
| 4 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 5 | I 'd been getting away with it for ages . |
| 6 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 7 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 8 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 9 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
| 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 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 12 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 13 | I 'd been going out with Heather on and off , with one or two other girls in between . |