Example sentences of "'d [adv] been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 2 | Because they could have turned round Er they would n't have got as much done if there 'd just been the two boys together . |
| 3 | He 'd always been a superb judge of character , but now he doubted himself . |
| 4 | From the old man , you see he 'd always been an old I L P man and er I remember when Harris put up for parliament in the Rushcliffe division . |
| 5 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 6 | She 'd never been a raving beauty , it was true , but at the moment she looked a wreck . |
| 7 | She 'd never been a proper mother and I hated the way she was acting with that man . |