Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |
| 2 | I 'd been shopping in Smiths and I thought I recognised him . |
| 3 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
| 4 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |
| 5 | Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while . |
| 6 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 7 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 8 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 9 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
| 10 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |