Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 2 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd been thinking of it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ And I 'd been thinking of you only yesterday . |
| 5 | I 'd been thinking of you know things that that I had that can go . |
| 6 | I 'd been loading for him , loading the t coal into tubs and tramming them . |
| 7 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 8 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 9 | Anyway , I 'd been staying with them in darkest Kensington , at Mr Gibbon 's very grand , three-storeyed town-house in Ascot Square , just off Addison Road , and working at a branch of Mondo-Food on Victoria Street ( they were trying a new line in Haggisburgers at the time and the manager thought my accent would help shift them . |
| 10 | That I 'd been abused by my brother too . |
| 11 | Some items I 'd been holding for him . |
| 12 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 13 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 14 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 15 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 19 | After I 'd been talking to him about leaving . |
| 20 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 21 | I 'd been talking to someone about the effects of music , cos there 's a couple of court cases going on . |
| 22 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And do you deny that for the two years prior to his death you 'd been living with him in his flat in London ? ’ |
| 24 | I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson . |
| 25 | ‘ My lord said that he 'd brought you from Gloucester , ’ volunteered Ellen , setting a trencher of bread and fruit on the table , ‘ where you 'd been held since your father 's death . |
| 26 | If she had the sense she 'd been born with she 'd get up from the table right now , wish him a polite good evening , and scuttle back to the safety of the dressing-room , there to make a pledge never to risk being in his company again . |
| 27 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 28 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 29 | It was all so quick and effortless that she wondered whether she 'd been mistaken about his intentions . |
| 30 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |