Example sentences of "'d been [adj] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd been keen to make the most of being able to borrow his parents ' yacht , and do some sailing . |
| 3 | In a strange way , she felt cleansed , as though she 'd been able to strip the dark places away from her soul . |
| 4 | We 'd been able to keep the same crew from coast to coast , he said , only because of the two rest breaks along the way . |
| 5 | The reins were in one piece ; no one had noticed the previous time , he 'd been able to make an extra hole and buckle them . |