Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 2 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 3 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 6 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 7 | I 'd been shopping in Smiths and I thought I recognised him . |
| 8 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 9 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
| 10 | I told him I 'd been talking to Richie . |
| 11 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |
| 12 | I said so , and you fobbed me off with the excuse that you 'd been talking about Lilian 's twin . |
| 13 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 14 | She 'd been drinking with friends . |
| 15 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 16 | It was too mortifying for words , and it intensified the vulnerable feeling she 'd been experiencing around Guy Sterne . |
| 17 | Cos Ange said she 'd , she 'd been chatting about Jenny to her . |
| 18 | She 'd been counting on rescue services arriving with the dawn , but maybe they would n't be coming after all . |
| 19 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
| 20 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 21 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 22 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 25 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 26 | We 'd been moaning to Malcolm about wanting to play some gigs . |
| 27 | Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while . |
| 28 | I thought that , instead of speaking from his notes that he 'd been speaking from year after year , he was reassessing what he was doing . |
| 29 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 30 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |