Example sentences of "'d [be] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They felt they 'd been made fools of … and the ring is some sort of family heirloom and his father went on as if it was all Rick 's fault that Angy had made off with it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Actually I was really happy about that , not just because we 'd been made Singe Of The Week , but because it was a woman reviewing the singles — and they 're a lot harder to please . |
| 3 | ‘ He looks as if he 'd been made King of the Harem . ’ |
| 4 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 5 | I mean even if you did provide reassurances , just because the peasants were well aware of the fact that hardl although they 'd been given lands and their had been er the lan you know the previous been destroyed , the Communist Party could take back their land tomorrow if they wanted to . |
| 6 | It had happened up and down the land , and Steve White said even he 'd been given £10,000 for an earlier move between Luton and Charlton Athletic . |
| 7 | I had been in trouble before , but then I 'd been given probation and community work . |
| 8 | The only other thing that you heard Sergeant say that some how at the briefing he 'd been given information that was likely to be in the master bedroom . |
| 9 | I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ? |
| 10 | They 'd been given names by the local people — the Grand Canyon , the Great Wall of China — on account of the strangeness of their formations . |
| 11 | Erm in short Adam had been given erm lordship over the earth and all its creatures and with that he 'd been given lordship over all human beings and the kings of this earth have inherited that lordship , that dominion . |
| 12 | And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see . |
| 13 | A European commission has ruled he 'd been denied access to justice and refused freedom of speech which could open the way for the new hearing . |
| 14 | He worked out where you 'd been kept prisoner . ’ |
| 15 | The Edwardian informed me recently that he 'd been appointed trade attaché in one of our Central American embassies . |
| 16 | One night Major , Deekie as he was known , came down to inspect and the young chappy who was on guard , he challenged him properly er before he allowed him to advance towards him but after he 'd advanced toward him and he 'd been recognized Major says is the rifle alright ? |
| 17 | He 'd been found Iying face down too , and the only sign of what had happened was a slight discoloration on the back of his jacket , as though some of the red dye from the trimming had leached on to the body of the black fabric . |
| 18 | He 'd been taken prisoner by the Japs , and had been shipped to Japan , and was working in a warehouse in the docks on the morning of 9 August , 1945 . |
| 19 | They 'd been taken care of . |
| 20 | The magistrates were told that from Febrary this year , until early September , he 'd been caught shoplifting , he 'd attacked police , kicked a police car , stolen a handbag from a 70 year old woman who was now afraid to go out , and caused criminal damage . |
| 21 | For the truth was that she 'd been offered promotion a dozen times — in spite of the fact that when she 'd started as a trainee she 'd had no formal training , no experience , nothing to commend her but a fistful of ambition . |
| 22 | Of two hundred and forty people who returned their questionaires to the students union , seventy nine per cent said they 'd been offered drugs . |