Example sentences of "'d be [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 2 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 3 | He also told police he 'd been copying a homosexual video tape . |
| 4 | I 'd been applying a special cream to his ankles which was supposed to harden the skin , but it did n't seem to do much good . |
| 5 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 6 | All the better that the operation rehabilitated the credibility of the police who 'd been having a bad press in the early years of the decade . |
| 7 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
| 8 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 9 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |