Example sentences of "'d just [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 2 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 3 | The gleam in his eyes made her uncomfortably certain he knew perfectly well what she 'd just been thinking . |
| 4 | He 'd just been made redundant , and none of the two of us are sleeping at night . |
| 5 | They probably thought , at that time of the afternoon , that I 'd just been made redundant . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you 'd just been made a director of this firm ? ’ |
| 7 | They got the idea when Rex , who 'd just been made redundant , was talking to a friend of his who was also out of work . |
| 8 | From the bunk below him Rod Porter grunted and turned over , as if to resume the peaceful sleep from which he 'd just been disturbed . |
| 9 | ‘ Why ? ’ she demanded , finally deciding that she 'd just been insulted . |
| 10 | Rupert , who 'd just been appointed Tory Minister for Sport , eyed Mrs Sherwood back . |
| 11 | and er just at the very end all you could see was her and your man , the hologram and he 'd just been killed about five minutes earlier . |
| 12 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 13 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 14 | Still it was hard when she 'd just been asked to blow up an orbiting city with almost a million inhabitants . |
| 15 | We 'd just been given leave after the fiasco of Operation Eagle Claw , the so-called attempt to rescue the American hostages from our embassy in Teheran back in 1980 . |
| 16 | He drank , and then began to think how he could use the information he 'd just been given . |
| 17 | When she said they 'd just been to see their son in Rhodesia and you said ‘ Kenya for officers , Rhodesia for other ranks ’ it was awfully rude . ’ |
| 18 | oh , he said , that 'd be very interesting and he 'd just been to see the and I said how is she ? |
| 19 | I 'd just been turned down for yet another job , hardly any money left — desperate , I was , and out comes your grandfather , asks me what 's wrong . ’ |
| 20 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I 'd just been paid , so there was no problems about me having money to score , so I think I 'd just set me mind that I wanted to sort meself out once and for good . |
| 22 | She remembered what she 'd just been doing . |
| 23 | His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing . |
| 24 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 25 | Funny I 'd just been saying that , just been reading a book allegedly written by erm Uri Geller , you know the |
| 26 | w well not over her but , but really , really really chummy yeah , and I thought and he 'd just been saying how pretentious she was most of the evening most of the afternoon I mean . |
| 27 | His insults had been no less cutting than the American 's , they 'd just been delivered with more urbanity . |
| 28 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 29 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 30 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |