Example sentences of "'d [been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad you do n't try to be what you are n't , ’ he said gravely , beckoning the waiter who 'd been leaning wearily against the door-jamb . |
| 2 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 3 | He 'd been pottering around in the big old half-ruined sheds on the other side of the quarry , one day back in the summer . |
| 4 | He 'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face . ’ |
| 5 | He had a feeling that they 'd been waiting right from the start of the trip . |
| 6 | This made him aware of how much he 'd been missing before in the cold , masculine environment of the academy . |
| 7 | She 'd been going on about the outings , never getting away , had n't she ? |
| 8 | Also there were the people who 'd been coming in to the shop when it was still Let It Rock . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd say you 'd been sitting out in the sun too long . ’ |
| 10 | Then he 'd been walking back to The Randolph when he suddenly felt he just could n't face his excessively sympathetic countrymen , and he 'd called in a pub and drunk a couple of pints of lager . |
| 11 | They might just possibly have been able to find the morning 's path if they 'd been starting again from the road , but tracking backwards was incredibly difficult . |