Example sentences of "[adj] they 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was afraid they 'd been carrying on . ’ |
| 2 | Not even squatters camped in this place , so more likely they 'd been broken by locals scavenging for carpets or pipes . |
| 3 | Workers leaving the site tonight seemed reluctant to say anything , but it was obvious they 'd been told something … and it was n't good news . |
| 4 | The guys who had been up at Lockerbie , after Pan Am 103 , working alongside the British police , they did n't know how lucky they 'd been … |
| 5 | 2 families had to leave their homes after they were terrorised by a mob , angry they 'd been helping the Police to catch the joyriders . |
| 6 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |