Example sentences of "you 'd been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the one hand , you wanted to play down the sleaze factor , not let it be thought that you 'd been involved with hundreds of men , that you slept with just anyone .
2 ‘ I did n't know you 'd been married , ’ he said , in a low voice .
3 Sixteen month you 'd been married .
4 Sixteen month you 'd been married .
5 ‘ You know , if you 'd been honest , I think I might have liked you more .
6 You 'd been asleep , you was not in the land of nod at all .
7 She fully expected him to ignore her sarcastic question , or , in his delightfully blunt fashion , tell her he was out for a walk , not an idle chinwag , when , to cause her to falter in her stride , ‘ How about — where you 'd been last Thursday while I waited outside your flat for you to come home ? ’
8 It was worse than if you 'd been single — you 'd no friends .
9 You seem to have an emotion , that made you resent making a sacrifice to your brother , and , and presumably , would have stopped you making it , if you 'd been free to choose .
10 I ca n't remember exactly when it was , but I know Oliver was tiny and you 'd been ill . ’
11 You 'd been ill .
12 And he looked , I said well I knew you 'd been ill .
13 Because when you raised the telephone … he showed great irritation and pretended not to hear you , so that it immediately made you think that you 'd been unwise to telephone at all .
14 You have to consider things very carefully , and quite often you end up making decisions that you might not have made if you 'd been alone . ’
15 I do n't know what I 'd have done if you 'd been any later — the girls are getting terribly impatient . ’
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