Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] 'd [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 3 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 4 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
| 5 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 6 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 7 | She discovered she 'd been sleeping on her back . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 10 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 11 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 12 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 13 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 14 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 15 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 16 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 19 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 20 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 21 | He said he 'd been driving along Akers Way in Swindon at between 40 and 60 miles per hour , when he became aware of Shaun Gooch behind him . |
| 22 | Another unemployed divorcee said he 'd been sitting in his room late one night talking with a fellow inmate : |
| 23 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |