Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [be] [v-ing] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their |
| 2 | You allus had a laugh , even if you 'd been a-cryin' two minutes afore that . |
| 3 | She 'd been investigating one of her peculiar groups and she said there was about to be a break-through . |
| 4 | I was disillusioned with all the experts who 'd been predicting one thing or another ; they obviously did n't know any more than anybody else . |
| 5 | Recently we 'd been taking ten minutes a night off it in order to have more time in the pub . |
| 6 | He 'd been smoking 50 a day for 40 years . |
| 7 | He 'd been working one of the axle springs free on an old Cortina when the jack had given way . |