Example sentences of "'d [be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't said he was going away and renting his house , which was odd because they 'd been chatting in the village not two days before he 'd disappeared and Leo taken up residence . |
| 2 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 3 | She apologised , over the phone , the next day ; she 'd been hiding under the bedclothes , playing her favourite David Bowie cassette at maximum volume on her Sony Walkman , trying to drown the noise of the thunder . |
| 4 | He 'd been hiding in a woodland graveyard , only half-heartedly concealed behind one of the leaning roofed crosses . |
| 5 | Even when she 'd been helping in the kitchen she 'd found her eyes straying , as if magnetised , in his direction . |
| 6 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 7 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 8 | He 'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court . |
| 9 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 10 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 11 | After all , he 'd been ferreting in the records for a good while . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 13 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 14 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 15 | But of course , th , I 'd been living at The Haven then , next to the butcher 's shop . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd been living in a £500-a-week hotel suite in Nottingham , spending £2,000 a month on clothes . |
| 18 | I 'd been living in the country with my wife when she died unexpectedly . |
| 19 | Since I 'd been living in the flat , Shadwell had been coming to see Eva at least once a week , during the day , when Dad was at the office . |
| 20 | She heard him release the breath he 'd been holding in a sigh . |
| 21 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 22 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 23 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 24 | We probably lost them on the Beltway , and they 'd been chasing round the Virginia countryside trying to pick me up … those things only have a range of about three miles . ’ |
| 25 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
| 26 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 27 | ‘ Actually , I 'd been hanging around the street for quite some time . |
| 28 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 29 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 30 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |