Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
| 2 | I wanted to top up the pond I 'd been cleaning out . |
| 3 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 4 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 5 | His brow cleared after the terrific mental exercise he 'd been putting in . |
| 6 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 7 | He said that the rain we 'd been having here had fallen as snow on the top of the pass . |
| 8 | Over the past few weeks they 'd been rubbing along fairly civilly , though not without the occasional spark flying between them . |
| 9 | But thinking about Guido and the race were two things she 'd been trying very hard not to do . |
| 10 | Ten minutes later , dressed in a pair of grey trousers and the same red jacket she 'd been wearing yesterday , she was turning into the hotel car park , slotting her Mini quickly into one of the spaces , then striding resolutely towards the hotel 's main entrance . |
| 11 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 12 | The scenery they 'd been flashing through was spectacular , endless coconut and banana palms , glimpses of white sand and water , fluttering green against deep blue and silver . |
| 13 | All week he 'd been trying not to think . |
| 14 | Amiss decided not to mention the dead bodies he 'd been coming across since he 'd got chummy with Jim Milton . |
| 15 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 16 | Ever since we 'd moved to Cornwall I 'd been reading more and more about birds of prey , and by this time I was pretty sure that falconry was the ideal career for me . |
| 17 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 18 | The flood of gratitude she felt at Guy 's surprise appearance was as illogically powerful as the tide of resentment she 'd been harbouring earlier . |
| 19 | Once she could not have imagined a greater disaster — all the garments she 'd been working on , with such dedication , day and night , for weeks on end now , had totally vanished , disappeared . |
| 20 | ‘ He did n't like to admit he 'd got hooked — not after the way he 'd been going on . |
| 21 | Perhaps it was just due to the way he 'd been sleeping lately , a restless , shallow sleep full of dreams which never seemed to work themselves out properly , leaving him half-enmeshed in their elaborate complexities even after waking . |
| 22 | It was gone in an instant as at last he looked up at her and pushed aside the papers he 'd been leafing through . |
| 23 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |
| 24 | All the time she 'd been wittering on about Jennifer and her illness , he had kept this to himself , suffering in silence . |
| 25 | When Phil and I , the first time we 'd been skiing together , so that was last , not last year |
| 26 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |