Example sentences of "[conj] i 'd been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I knew it was but it the fact that it had a nice easy switch in the base was something that I 'd been looking for . |
| 2 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 3 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 4 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 6 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
| 7 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |