Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 2 | I 'd been looking forward to telling Charlie how depressed and lonely I 'd been since we moved to London . |
| 3 | I 'd been looking forward to seeing you both , and I had wanted to discuss that Unesco thing with you . ’ |
| 4 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 5 | I 'd been getting away with it for ages . |
| 6 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 7 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 8 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 9 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
| 10 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 'd been going out with Heather on and off , with one or two other girls in between . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd say you 'd been sitting out in the sun too long . ’ |
| 15 | But if you 'd been playing about with your sister 's husband you might feel inhibited . |
| 16 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 17 | She 'd been carrying on outside all morning and |
| 18 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 19 | It was a planned pregnancy , and she 'd been working hard at getting her blood sugar under control , but that often ca n't be done overnight . ’ |
| 20 | All the time she 'd been wittering on about Jennifer and her illness , he had kept this to himself , suffering in silence . |
| 21 | She 'd been going on about the outings , never getting away , had n't she ? |
| 22 | Course I di I did n't get to know much else but it was obvious you see , she 'd been going out with a young man , her husband was in the Forces and er she 'd tried to get rid of it . |
| 23 | In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . |
| 24 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 25 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 26 | I 'm glad you do n't try to be what you are n't , ’ he said gravely , beckoning the waiter who 'd been leaning wearily against the door-jamb . |
| 27 | When we left the headman 's house we were joined by a group of young boys who 'd been waiting outside with their dogs , and by other men from houses that we passed along the way . |
| 28 | Also there were the people who 'd been coming in to the shop when it was still Let It Rock . |
| 29 | well needs a I think one of the things we discussed in the branch action group meeting is actually , were n't quite sure what the cos we 'd been sending out for quite less than ten of the branches because to do something to them which was mm apparently lots of them in but erm well they keep disappearing so that the what we 've been talking about is to try and get some points erm health and safety station within the branch , which actually just has all this stuff for it . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd been beavering away on Imaginary for a while but we never got the success we deserved through limited resources . |