Example sentences of "i 'd [be] doing " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I thought I 'd been doing that !
2 I 'd been dreaming , that 's what I 'd been doing .
3 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 .
4 I 'd been doing press and touring and all that lot for two years without a break , I 'd not had time to change or take anything in . ’
5 He asked me about costs and what exactly I 'd been doing .
6 I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year .
7 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
8 Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him
9 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
10 Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot
11 If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road .
12 But this is so different to what I 'd been doing as it is for most people .
13 I 'd been doing the course and the basic thing they teach you is to take care when you 're ventilating a fire in a confined space , because you could get a flash-over , ’ he explained .
14 I 'd been doing it for five years .
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