Example sentences of "[pron] he 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to expand , so he went into partnership with someone he 'd been doing business with . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Very urgent business which he 'd been putting off . |
| 4 | Mike lowered the can of Coke which he 'd been emptying down his parched throat . |
| 5 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 6 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |
| 7 | But he did n't tell me he 'd been going out with her for three weeks and he 's never . |
| 8 | He nodded , as if this was what he 'd been expecting . |
| 9 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 10 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 11 | Now he 'd lost track of what he 'd been thinking of completely . |
| 12 | What he 'd been leading up to all week ? |
| 13 | And I understood at once the implications of what he 'd been saying . |
| 14 | She believed in most of what he 'd been saying ; she had no idea of how much he believed himself |
| 15 | As to what he 'd been doing , there had been a couple of incidents down by the river , which on top of the morning 's ordeal , had about finished him . |
| 16 | I asked him what he 'd been doing out East and he said he 'd been starting up a chain of these shops in Japan . ’ |
| 17 | By comparison , what he 'd been doing in the cafeteria block was mere journeyman stuff . |
| 18 | " To destroy the evidence of what he 'd been doing , or the result of his analysis , or the time he 'd spent on it . |
| 19 | I went to have a look at what he 'd been doing . |
| 20 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |
| 21 | While Zen waited for his driver to arrive , his hosts tried politely to find out who he was and what he 'd been doing , but he remained deliberately vague . |
| 22 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 23 | Did he say what he 'd been doing with himself ? |
| 24 | At last she knew what he 'd been keeping from her . |
| 25 | She was on holiday after all , and it certainly seemed as though that was what he 'd been indulging in while waiting for his ladyfriend to return . |
| 26 | But he had finished whatever he 'd been doing , so Juliet just tidied the bed and put a few things away . |