Example sentences of "[conj] he 'd [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
| 2 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 3 | I thought that , instead of speaking from his notes that he 'd been speaking from year after year , he was reassessing what he was doing . |
| 4 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 5 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 6 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 7 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 8 | He 'd been funny , telling stories against himself of fiascos he had survived in the theatre , and he 'd been flattering in a subtle way . |
| 9 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 10 | He came in and he 'd been playing with this bloody lighter |
| 11 | The patient 's name was Wayne Benfield and he 'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle . |
| 12 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 13 | Isabel 's personal integrity had been there in her clear gaze all the time , if he 'd been thinking with his head instead of with his emotions . |
| 14 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 15 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 16 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
| 17 | You do n't know , I mean he could of gone if he 'd been lying in a chair wa watching the |
| 18 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 19 | A police sergeant accused of assaulting a prisoner is said to have told a colleague that the man was treated like an animal , because he 'd been behaving like one . |
| 20 | He 'd spent most of the evening wrestling with the one fragment that he 'd managed to retain , picked out of the air behind him as he 'd been standing at the cooker watching his soup boil . |
| 21 | Because he was just doing the same job as he 'd been doing under the private under the L N E R. Management were more conciliatory when nationalization came on . |
| 22 | The first , that with so much burnt umber on his hands he looked as though he 'd been playing with his own shit . |