Example sentences of "[noun] they 'd be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 2 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 3 | Over the past few weeks they 'd been rubbing along fairly civilly , though not without the occasional spark flying between them . |
| 4 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 5 | Only last april they 'd been told three hundred and fifty jobs were being axed — now comes todays announcement of more . |
| 6 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 7 | ‘ They all reported to the police station they 'd been assigned to and they all went on to stand trial . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ All Friday night they 'd been showing Sheedy free kicks on the box . |
| 9 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 10 | The scenery they 'd been flashing through was spectacular , endless coconut and banana palms , glimpses of white sand and water , fluttering green against deep blue and silver . |
| 11 | Illegal shipments seized at customs went round like a kiss at a party — police , SAS , departments like the one Todd ran … then on to the people they 'd been intended for in the first place — the syndicates who brought them down to street level , street prices . |
| 12 | I pushed by a couple of drunks who had just appeared bearing the same bottle of Hirondelle they 'd been using to get into parties all year and made my way upstairs . |
| 13 | When the judge called the jury back this afternoon they 'd been considering their verdict for one and a half days . |
| 14 | It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot . |
| 15 | In his ward at the Waterloo they 'd been allowed to smoke for an hour a day . |
| 16 | He thought that modern techniques could be put to use , where in some cases they 'd been tried and failed beforehand . |
| 17 | For part of the trip in a flat bed truck they 'd been acompanied by armed guards , but no-one had told them why . |
| 18 | But when I went back to have another look they 'd been changed . |
| 19 | Erm and people had been paying insurance i it changed then cos some of the farmers could go on their pension they 'd been paying this new scheme you see . |
| 20 | At least it was n't a garret , he would have said , which was the only other thing they 'd been offered . |
| 21 | The far-off cries of the lone bird they 'd been hearing since sunset had recently seemed to double in intensity , and Loc realized that Paul Devraux had been echoing its call by blowing on blades of jungle grass between his thumbs . |
| 22 | Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach . |
| 23 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 24 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 25 | There were rumours they 'd been having an affair while he was actually teaching her , when she would have been fifteen ; there were rumours the girl was pregnant . |