Example sentences of "'d been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last time she 'd been downright suspicious . |
| 2 | I had no idea he 'd been since . ’ |
| 3 | It worried her that he 'd been secretly observing her . |
| 4 | William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with . |
| 5 | But there 'd been precious little joy in our marriage for some time . |
| 6 | He said he 'd been please because his own jockey hated the horse . ’ |
| 7 | She 'd been hopelessly optimistic in supposing she could track Suzie down in the street . |
| 8 | He accepted he 'd been grossly stupid and foolhardy . |
| 9 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 10 | He was only thirteen and he 'd been particularly close to his mother . |
| 11 | Not that her cousin 's health had relapsed , or anything like that , but her mood had communicated itself to the twins , who 'd been particularly fractious and difficult . |
| 12 | Around the the the shop so , obviously they 'd been either been casting brass , at some time or other . |
| 13 | Until a moment ago she 'd been ravenously hungry , but now she was certain the salad would be dust and ashes in her mouth . |
| 14 | Next time Sam rolled the curtain up , Harry would have drifted quietly out of here , I should think , and no one would ever have known he 'd been here . |
| 15 | He could have sorted out all her problems if he 'd been here . |
| 16 | He 'd been here before , and- ’ |
| 17 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 18 | They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks . |
| 19 | She was alive ; and she 'd been here before , in this shadowy glade with the dark pool . |
| 20 | William was nervous because he 'd been here before and he knew what was going to happen next , but his father kept smiling at him cheerfully , a strong , reassuring presence by his side . |
| 21 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
| 22 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 23 | In discussion , he said he 'd been here once before , and he 'd gone to visit the government . |
| 24 | He telephoned me late that evening — when they began to worry about her — asking if she 'd been here . |
| 25 | I just privately discharged myself and let the Americans think I 'd been here all along . ’ |
| 26 | Even now , when the place was virtually empty , it seemed to hold echoes and shadows of all the people who 'd been here , and all the characters they 'd played . |
| 27 | ‘ Silas said you 'd been here only a few days . ’ |
| 28 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 29 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 30 | Every morning since she 'd been here , apart from today , she 'd been up bright and early to see Kirsty off to school . |