Example sentences of "[conj] he 'd been [verb] [prep] " 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 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 3 | It went to Geoffrey 's head that he 'd been cast as Mullins , the pirate . |
| 4 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
| 5 | He laughed , and then added that he 'd been drunk as a cork himself actually , the night before . |
| 6 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |
| 7 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 8 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 9 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 10 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 11 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 14 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But from the look of his clothes it would n't seem that he 'd been jostled about much by the tide . |
| 17 | He 'll definitely be playing for the French next week and they would n't even confirm that he 'd been banned from the scum 's next 4 matches in Europe ( which ones did they have in mind ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The other thing that was said about him , particularly towards the end , after the U-turn on economic policy , was that he 'd been captured by his officials , and that he also , in the end , rather relished the company of the permanent secretaries more than he did his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 20 | I want to see what happened , er , it finished just where he says that he 'd been accused of something . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And he worked it out , he took about three or four weeks to work it out , and he 'd been overcharged on the interest like . |
| 23 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 24 | He came in and he 'd been playing with this bloody lighter |
| 25 | The patient 's name was Wayne Benfield and he 'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | And he 'd been apprenticed in Liverpool with a firm called they were ship repairers in Liverpool . |
| 28 | But it was after the war , when Magnus had driven the enemy from the land and he 'd been hailed as the new Emperor , that he performed what was to be his most significant act . |
| 29 | And he 'd been braced for the knife lunging out of the darkness . |
| 30 | A team-mate claimed : ‘ He looked like he 'd been hit with a meat cleaver . ’ |