Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] 'd [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the circumfe and erm diameter on I 'd been cutting a lot of them down , the diameter of them was from four foot to about six foot . |
| 2 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 3 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 4 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 5 | I mean when you 're on picket line it 's very depressing it 's very heart breaking unless you get some comedian or something you know it gets er y you do n't know what to do with yourself and perhaps they 'd been taking pots of this paint I 'm not saying . |
| 6 | So they 'd been playing cat and mouse game and er it has n't paid off you know . |
| 7 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 8 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 9 | Apparently he 'd been telling all the other English teachers about it and now they all wanted their classes to see and hear about Hadwick 's owl . |
| 10 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |
| 11 | All night long he 'd been saying it . |
| 12 | How long he 'd been sleeping rough no one could tell . |
| 13 | I had no idea how long he 'd been standing there . |
| 14 | Isabel wondered how long he 'd been sitting there — intent , watchful , waiting . |
| 15 | Perhaps he 'd been referring to someone else as well ? |
| 16 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 17 | So he 'd been looking for her . |
| 18 | He asked me about costs and what exactly I 'd been doing . |
| 19 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 20 | Tonight he 'd been running swabs from the theatres down to the furnace room , in sealed bags and boxes that had been taped and marked with every imaginable hazard warning . |
| 21 | But lately he 'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave , Rampage . |
| 22 | Then me , yeah me and Zed were saying like because , and like we 'd been tripping the night before and everything |
| 23 | Well me Auntie Jean and me Mum got passed once , like they 'd been going down and scrubbing it from side at bath and everything . |
| 24 | I saw at once he 'd been drinking . |
| 25 | Also I 'd been crying . |
| 26 | If things had turned out differently I 'd been driving you down here . |
| 27 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
| 28 | I feel that though I 'd been dawdling it would n't have been so bad . |
| 29 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 30 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |