Example sentences of "i 'd been [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 2 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 3 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 4 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |
| 5 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 6 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 7 | I 'd been shopping in Smiths and I thought I recognised him . |
| 8 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 9 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
| 10 | I told him I 'd been talking to Richie . |
| 11 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |