Example sentences of "'d [been] [vb pp] [prep] a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 4 | ‘ If we 'd been pounced upon a year ago we 'd have had maybe one good song and we would have been shit and not ready , without our style defined . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He laughed , and then added that he 'd been drunk as a cork himself actually , the night before . |
| 7 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They 'd been stored in a hangar which was totally destroyed . |
| 10 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 11 | Did I tell you that we 'd been adopted by a kitten ? |
| 12 | Three years ago Anna McGurk was murdered by a man who 'd been bailed on a rape charge . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd been kicked by a horse and lost two front teeth and he took me out to lunch and gave me asparagus . |
| 14 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then he stood up and strode from the room , and she all but collapsed into the chair he 'd just vacated , feeling as though she 'd been battered by a storm at sea . |
| 17 | The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We 'd been struck by a lightning bolt . |
| 20 | It 's thought he 'd been swept off a mountain in high winds . |
| 21 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 22 | Last week the Government warned that around 300 women who 'd been injected with a hormone called gonadotrophin , extracted from the pituitary glands of human corpses , could be at risk . |
| 23 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 24 | Sobbing with pain and rage , he was carted off to hospital by an ashen Claudia and the family doctor , who 'd been presented with a horse every time he delivered a Mendoza baby . |
| 25 | A team-mate claimed : ‘ He looked like he 'd been hit with a meat cleaver . ’ |
| 26 | He fell into the chair as though he 'd been hit with a medicine ball and said very little while Malc 's parents discussed what we should do . |
| 27 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 28 | Told Tyler Beck he 'd been hit by a truck . |
| 29 | ‘ You told Tyler Beck you 'd been hit by a truck . ’ |
| 30 | He 'd been hit by a car three weeks before , and he had a broken arm and pelvis . |