Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
| 2 | He wanted to expand , so he went into partnership with someone he 'd been doing business with . |
| 3 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 4 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 5 | Halfway outbound in the hold the scheduled traffic for which we 'd been waiting landed , and we swooped down , just catching the ILS . |
| 6 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 7 | He spread the trousers carefully on the large deal table , put the towel with which he 'd been drying the luncheon dishes carefully on top of the faded tweed , smoothed it into place and began to poke out the creases with an old iron . |
| 8 | Very urgent business which he 'd been putting off . |
| 9 | Mike lowered the can of Coke which he 'd been emptying down his parched throat . |
| 10 | Just that someone told me you 'd been seeing her . |
| 11 | That was a change from the senators and congressmen and captains of industry , whom she 'd been seducing since she arrived on these golden shores . |
| 12 | A lot of them related to the data I 'd been passing but also he 'd want to know who I 'd been talking to . |
| 13 | ‘ Later I told you I 'd been overreacting , ’ Luke reminded her tightly . |
| 14 | She 'd replaced the receiver instantly and refused to tell him who she 'd been speaking to , but then , as now , there was something challenging in her expression . |
| 15 | ‘ The one against Ruddock was more natural , more instinctive , something I 'd been working on . |
| 16 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 17 | It was something she 'd been wondering about . |
| 18 | what , it did n't need eighty schemes did it to be launched before you introduced it , it 's something you 'd been wanting to do was n't it ? |
| 19 | When she changed schools , however , the maths A level course was different from the one she 'd been following at her old school , but the new teacher expected her to catch up immediately . |
| 20 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 21 | I told him I 'd been talking to Richie . |
| 22 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |
| 23 | I told her I 'd been dreaming and she sat on the bed and held my hand for a bit . |
| 24 | Flustered by his presence , thrown off balance by the feel of his hard body against her own , she suddenly clamped her mouth shut , horrified to realise she 'd almost told him she 'd been rushing to get to him . |
| 25 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 26 | As the place was really his gig we could n't use it without him We 'd been talking about it for ages — and Bernie was always badgering us about it — but we 'd not really done anything about it . |
| 27 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |
| 28 | But he did n't tell me he 'd been going out with her for three weeks and he 's never . |
| 29 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise . |