Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 2 | ‘ They were what stayed alive , when I 'd been taught and examined everything else . ’ |
| 3 | I kept doing all the things I 'd been taught . |
| 4 | Since childhood , I 'd been taught to keep everything to myself — problems , opinions , feelings . |
| 5 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 6 | It was a relief to get a flight the next morning , yet I felt I 'd been dragged away from Dominica : I had not explored its dangerous magic as I ought to have done . |
| 7 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 8 | I 'd been expecting her to put up a stiff rearguard action , protesting that holidays were one thing and everyday life another , that she had only surrendered to me in a moment of weakness which she would regret for the rest of her life , and so on and so forth . |
| 9 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 11 | I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted . |
| 12 | And then I thought maybe I 'd been expecting too much . |
| 13 | I do n't know what I 'd been expecting . |
| 14 | At Heathrow I 'd been asked specifically not to tranquillise him in case of the possibility of side-effects which could have seriously affected his future stud career . |
| 15 | I 'd been asked how I wanted him dressed . |
| 16 | ‘ Because I learned by accident INCUBUS was trying to take over his company — and exactly the same thing had happened with another industrialist I 'd been asked to draw up a profile for . ’ |
| 17 | I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that . |
| 18 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 19 | I 'd been drawing since I was tiny — my grandfather is a very good artist , although he specialises in landscapes , and he 'd helped me enormously from the beginning . |
| 20 | I 'd been discovered . |
| 21 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 22 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 23 | just that the punk I 'd been watching would hold open a car door for somebody else , the new top operator . |
| 24 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 25 | ooh , when I told her how I 'd been treated |
| 26 | I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I 'd been made head prefect of my grammar school . |
| 27 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 28 | I would have thought how stupid it was if I 'd been made do it . |
| 29 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 30 | I 'd been jumping up and down like an eejit for a couple of minutes before the bloke next to me tapped me politely on the shoulder to point out the linesman and his flag . |