Example sentences of "'d been [vb pp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had n't been made at Fords , they 'd been made in a subsidiary , taken up the road on long trailers , taken off the trailer onto the assembly conveyor , which er crawls round the assembly line and fitted like that . |
| 2 | The fact that Margaret had been illegitimate , a war baby conceived between an Italian prisoner of war and an English landgirl , had no bearing on her name , although probably quite a lot to do with Margaret 's lack of maternalism , since she 'd been reared in a children 's home . |
| 3 | Another , who 'd been injured in a brawl during exercise , sported fifty-eight stitches from the point of his chin to the corner of his left eye . |
| 4 | They 'd been stored in a hangar which was totally destroyed . |
| 5 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 6 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 7 | Later in the night she would discover the scars , the knife wound across his shoulder-blades where he 'd been slashed in a Belfast bar , and the bullet wound above his right knee that had never healed properly , a legacy from when he was on border patrol and one of his own men had panicked and opened fire on him . |
| 8 | The solitude and the almost palpable darkness combined to create the feeling that they 'd been draped in a blanket . |
| 9 | From there he 'd been taken in a police van to Whitely by two police officers . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't ever follow me again , Peter , ’ she said , totally unexpectedly ; she had n't even looked his way , and he felt as if he 'd been caught in a searchlight 's beam in the middle of some guilty act . |
| 11 | They 'd been married in a church she 'd always gone to as a child and afterwards there was a reception in the Mansfield Hotel , near by and convenient , and then she and Gordon had gone to Cumberland . |