Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] 'd been [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 2 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 3 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 4 | And he 'd been braced for the knife lunging out of the darkness . |
| 5 | Karen had dipped badly in her A-levels and had done two years in a commerce school before she 'd been accepted for her degree course . |
| 6 | And then maybe after it 'd been cut for two days , you were sent out to turn the swathes , up all you went along and you turned them and turned them . |
| 7 | ‘ When they 'd been separated for ten years , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ your father met another family . |