Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 2 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 3 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
| 4 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 5 | and they thought , they said then it was connected with the accident , erm because it , you know , she was in such a bad way , and , the other fellow was to blame , I think he 'd been drinking , I 'm not sure , but they 're claiming off the insurance and they reckon she 's gon na be entitled to around a hundred thousand pounds compensation , because , not only has she had these physical injuries , but because she had a knock on the head it 's also affecting her mental state |
| 6 | I think he 'd been practising his pauses . |
| 7 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 8 | At that time , and erm she had n't known anything about it , because he had looked after the benefit , and she thought he 'd been paying the rent . |
| 9 | She knew he 'd been studying her face while watching for her reaction . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose they showed he 'd been drinking ? ’ |
| 11 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 12 | It seems he 'd been drinking . ’ |
| 13 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 14 | He said he 'd been feeling depressed . |
| 15 | He said he 'd been driving along Akers Way in Swindon at between 40 and 60 miles per hour , when he became aware of Shaun Gooch behind him . |
| 16 | He said he 'd been meaning to invite us to dinner ever since he arrived . |
| 17 | I asked him what he 'd been doing out East and he said he 'd been starting up a chain of these shops in Japan . ’ |