Example sentences of "[pron] they 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The aroma that exuded from the chemist shop in those days like er Depends what they 'd been using you see ? |
| 3 | Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’ |
| 4 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 5 | But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing . |
| 6 | They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something . |
| 7 | She thought the girls would regard anyone who wanted to relive her childhood as wringingly wet , but they did n't openly sneer — just went back to whatever they 'd been doing while Constance and Camille walked away to appreciate the fine lines and charming dispositions of twenty greyhounds . |