Example sentences of "'d be [verb] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I tell you that we 'd been adopted by a kitten ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been kicked by a horse and lost two front teeth and he took me out to lunch and gave me asparagus . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We 'd been struck by a lightning bolt . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Told Tyler Beck he 'd been hit by a truck . |
| 9 | ‘ You told Tyler Beck you 'd been hit by a truck . ’ |
| 10 | He 'd been hit by a car three weeks before , and he had a broken arm and pelvis . |
| 11 | Mrs Ferrari employed Withers after she 'd been recruited by a child minding agency by pretending she was a qualified maternity nurse . |
| 12 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 13 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 14 | The next thing he recalled after that was waking up in hospital and this man with bandaged fingers in the next bed rambling on about a duffle-coat and how he 'd been bitten by a wolf . |