Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] he 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet . |
| 2 | It seemed pretty much like where he 'd been before . |
| 3 | That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight . |
| 4 | Naylor Massingham had not been the easiest of people to deal with when he 'd been in her home ; how would she fare now that she was , so to speak , on his territory ? |
| 5 | From there he 'd been taken in a police van to Whitely by two police officers . |
| 6 | Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’ |
| 7 | How Chant had longed then to return to the ether from where he 'd been summoned ; to shrug off the body which Sartori had congealed around him , and be gone out of this Dominion . |
| 8 | ‘ He was glad that Sigarup had come , because up to now he 'd been the only patient staying and , alone at night , he was terrified of ghosts — of the restless souls of all the people who must have died there , far from their homes and families . ’ |
| 9 | Erin kicked Khaur over to where he 'd been told to sit when the pilot first landed at the burrow to ferry them back to headquarters . |
| 10 | All the same , he wished he 'd paid a little more attention to what had gone on when he 'd been leaving the depot so that he could have spotted when they carried out that trick with the form he was supposed to have dropped . |
| 11 | Erm the other thing that , that I could n't quite hear but I thought when you were asking him about where he 'd been with the navy , I thought he said to the Far East unfortunately . |
| 12 | I saw at once he 'd been drinking . |
| 13 | At least he 'd been king — he had n't blown it the week before the Coronation , like we had . |