Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [been] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 2 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 3 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 4 | Chris had insisted that if he was going to go out there , then so was I. I 'd been searching for a way out all night , but nothing convincing came to mind . |
| 5 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 6 | ‘ Actually , I 'd been hanging around the street for quite some time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 8 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | No , not just one day , as I said , I 'd been trying for a few |
| 11 | ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’ |
| 12 | But of course , th , I 'd been living at The Haven then , next to the butcher 's shop . |
| 13 | Since I 'd been living in the flat , Shadwell had been coming to see Eva at least once a week , during the day , when Dad was at the office . |
| 14 | I 'd been living in the country with my wife when she died unexpectedly . |
| 15 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 16 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 17 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 18 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
| 19 | Mind you in between that I 'd been working on the fa farm farm . |
| 20 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
| 21 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
| 22 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 23 | And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too . |
| 24 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
| 25 | He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ . |
| 26 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 27 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 28 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 29 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 30 | She 'd been waitressing in the dining-room for breakfast and lunch . |