Example sentences of "'d been [vb pp] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd been sent to a friend of mine to be sold , but he was a little bit difficult to place . |
| 2 | Their veteran spokesman thundered occasionally from the back benches , but he 'd been banished to the backwoods by popular opinion . |
| 3 | ‘ Father wanted someone to inherit who knew Venice and had been taught the business , someone who 'd been trained to the position . ’ |
| 4 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 5 | Whereupon the partying Ninevites , just like Jonah inside the whale , repented ; whereupon God decided after all to spare the city ; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated , which was only normal in one who 'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message of destruction , only for the Lord , despite a well-known , indeed historic taste for wrecking cities , to turn round and change his mind . |
| 6 | ‘ I had a feeling he 'd been committed to an asylum . |
| 7 | She 'd been introduced to the others initially as a friend . |
| 8 | He 'd been shown to the interview room where Scott sat with a uniformed officer close by the door . |
| 9 | Alexandra had n't heard the Colonel sound this cheerful since he 'd been confined to the wheelchair . |