Example sentences of "'d been [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 2 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 3 | She 'd been strangled with some kind of flex or cord . |
| 4 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 5 | The fifty nine year old singer who 'd been dogged by ill health died at his home in Arbroath on Monday . |
| 6 | she 'd been put on that file — ‘ just by mistake ’ , |
| 7 | ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam . |
| 8 | She 'd been married in that hat . |
| 9 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 10 | The first was some eight years ago when he 'd been accused of shoddy workmanship on a car which had been involved in a crash two days after he 'd MOTed it . |