Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] [pron] 'd [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these delays are particularly galling , as Jeremy was found less than two kilometres from the glacial lakes where he 'd been walking . |
| 2 | Instantly , three athletic-looking youths sprang from a doorway where they 'd been idling just a short distance along the road . |
| 3 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 4 | When , drawn by a magnetism she was unable to resist , she looked his way again , he was gone , the place where he 'd been standing now occupied by a stout lady in an unbecoming striped sundress . |
| 5 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 6 | Philip rubbed the mist off the glass where he 'd been breathing on it . |
| 7 | True , there had been a few unhappy minutes when they 'd been having coffee in Karlovy Vary when she and Ven had reared up at each other . |
| 8 | Wee Charlie , aged seven and the youngest in the family , appeared out of the parlour where he 'd been playing . |
| 9 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
| 10 | You 'd go to a school where they 'd been doing French or Latin for two or three years and you had n't done any at all . |
| 11 | Straining to see , he caught the sound of the pin tinkling to the floor a second before the metal object struck the wall of the container where he 'd been crouching . |
| 12 | Keith Hanger returned to the prison where he 'd been serving his sentence last night . |