Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] 'd [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only I 'd been 10 years of age again , I 'd have loved the ‘ Pirates Club ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
| 3 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 4 | If only she 'd been able to ask him why , perhaps it would have been more bearable . |
| 5 | I want to find out how long she 'd been there . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 7 | He looked at his watch , wondering how long she 'd been away . |
| 8 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 9 | Perhaps she 'd been a little in love with him , or at least his image . |
| 10 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |
| 11 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 12 | Every now and again — or so she 'd been told — the owners would call in the books . |
| 13 | So she 'd been out all day to this cousin 's at Blakely She goes on a Monday now . |
| 14 | You were wondering how long we 'd been lovers . |
| 15 | He he had us all lined up after we 'd been riding round and he started enquiring how long we 'd been out of hospital . |
| 16 | we only went out for forty minutes , we were surprised how long we 'd been gone |
| 17 | If only we 'd been strangers |
| 18 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
| 19 | Following the usual exchanges I enquired how long they 'd been there . |
| 20 | I mean when you 're on picket line it 's very depressing it 's very heart breaking unless you get some comedian or something you know it gets er y you do n't know what to do with yourself and perhaps they 'd been taking pots of this paint I 'm not saying . |
| 21 | Around the the the shop so , obviously they 'd been either been casting brass , at some time or other . |
| 22 | Only they 'd been told the wrong grave . |
| 23 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 24 | So they 'd been sent down into the rock no doubt still with orders to draw blood from the air . |
| 25 | So they 'd been playing cat and mouse game and er it has n't paid off you know . |
| 26 | Apparently he 'd been offered a record contract which the Fish had turned down , saying they were n't good enough yet . |
| 27 | Apparently he 'd been telling all the other English teachers about it and now they all wanted their classes to see and hear about Hadwick 's owl . |
| 28 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 29 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |
| 30 | I had no idea how long he 'd been standing there . |