Example sentences of "[conj] there 'd been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 2 | so in all purp in , in always , the fact that you 'd come into this house made one realize that there 'd been a distinct change in one 's circumstances . |
| 3 | If it was obvious that there 'd been a false declaration . |
| 4 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 5 | It was grey , and strangely motionless , as if there 'd been a sudden rush of concrete to his head , |
| 6 | He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place . |
| 8 | If there 'd been a fight , then I must have won it . |
| 9 | I do n't deny I hoped it was Dysart she was planning to ruin — I wondered if there 'd been a lovers ’ tiff — but she let nothing slip . |
| 10 | Er , would have been nice if there 'd been a rock or something for one of them to break over . |
| 11 | ‘ If there 'd been a way to avoid this mess , we 're experienced enough in the business to have spotted it ! ’ |
| 12 | It 's only just been serviced so I would have had something to say if there 'd been a problem . |
| 13 | If there 'd been a trail of destruction down the road , then fair enough , but |
| 14 | It 's different it 's , they 're damp it 's different if there 'd been a hole and the water was coming in . |
| 15 | If there 'd been a much |
| 16 | So that in that sense the fundamental orientation is likely to change even less erm than one , than might have been the case if there 'd been a more radical change . |
| 17 | You said that er when when people called at er when there 'd been a death would that be calling to see ? |