Example sentences of "[pron] 'd be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 2 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 3 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 4 | There was the beer keg I 'd been tied to and the length of wire I 'd probably been tied with lay on the floor . |
| 5 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 6 | I told him I 'd been talking to Richie . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 9 | After I 'd been talking to him about leaving . |
| 10 | I 'd been talking to someone about the effects of music , cos there 's a couple of court cases going on . |
| 11 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |
| 12 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You were afraid of the light because you 'd been taught to be afraid of it , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 15 | I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson . |
| 16 | She 'd been flattered to be asked , of course . |
| 17 | She 'd been elected to the National Executive Committee and she stood up , said how pleased she was , and then said , ‘ But now I have to take the bucket round for a collection because that 's what I always do … ’ and I just thought , ‘ How wonderful ’ . |
| 18 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 19 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 20 | She 'd been wanting to be my best friend for ages . |
| 21 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ? |
| 24 | Oxford Crown Court heard today that she 'd been subjected to repeated indecent assaults by her mother 's ex-boyfriend at their home in the Wantage area between 1985 and 1987 . |
| 25 | And she 'd been coming to our house , Oh about fie or six years , and she said one day to Mary , that 's my wife , says you know , Not strange name , there 's not many of them about . |
| 26 | She 'd been required to be beautiful and talented and independent , but she had n't wanted to be any of those things . |
| 27 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 28 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 29 | The same Rory she 'd been talking to just before he and his wife Harriet died . |
| 30 | And she 'd been talking to him for about half an hour and well er her son had come up |