Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [be] [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been walking for 45 minutes when I was hailed by a local farmer who had seen me on the moonlit road . |
| 2 | She 'd been missing for 24 hours , her disappearance reported by her boyfriend , himself arrested and questioned by police , but then released . |
| 3 | He 'd been driving for sixty years , you 've never had an accident . |
| 4 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
| 5 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 6 | 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 |