Example sentences of "'d [be] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been on the binge of all time , wrecking cars , hitting her , almost breaking two of her fingers . |
| 2 | She 'd been on the floor for nearly every dance , and was having a whale of a time . |
| 3 | So I suppose if he 'd been on the Road every day he 'd have won the Open ! |
| 4 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 5 | I think a lot of it was severe stress and exhaustion : I was 27 years old and I 'd been on the road for about ten years of my life and that band was just so much bigger in people 's minds than it was in reality . |
| 6 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 7 | And I wished then I 'd been on the farm , I might tell you ! |
| 8 | We 'd been on the bit of fast dual carriageway between Dumbarton and Alexandria , not long after Verity and Lewis had picked me up . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
| 10 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 11 | And he 'd he 'd been on the dole er I think two years , and he 's just started up a a building site . |
| 12 | Well I 'd been on the Menai Suspension Bridge before . |
| 13 | He 'd been on the roads for days and they still retained their winter mire , despite the advent of finer spring weather . |
| 14 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 15 | However the assignment took a little bit longer than it er than if he 'd been on the other product range . |
| 16 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 17 | The Marquess of Blandford is back in prison tonight , charged with assualting two police officers who were trying to arrest him after he 'd been on the run for four days . |