Example sentences of "'d been [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been involved in that plane near miss on the way to York which would have frightened anyone and it was hard to concentrate properly . |
| 2 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 3 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |
| 4 | I 'd been welcome in that house for as long as you had-longer , because you were away and I just about lived there . |
| 5 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |
| 6 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |