Example sentences of "he 'd [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also told police he 'd been copying a homosexual video tape . |
| 2 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 3 | He 'd been lent an old relegated rod with two mottled bamboo sections and a greenheart tip , a plastic centre-pin reel and a yellowed quill float . |
| 4 | She guessed that Mike Booker would be calling curses down on her head because he 'd been hoping a one-two win at Estoril would clinch the constructors ' championship for Carlisle Flint , quite apart from putting Ace into an unbeatable lead . |
| 5 | He 'd been offered a second chance of salvation . |
| 6 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |