Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 2 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 3 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 4 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
| 5 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 6 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
| 7 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
| 8 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
| 9 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 10 | At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n ’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper . |
| 11 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 12 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 14 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 16 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 17 | You 'd have known that , would n't you , that you 'd been a twin ? ’ |
| 18 | I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk . |
| 19 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
| 20 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
| 21 | If she 'd been a man . |
| 22 | She 'd been a schoolteacher once , she told him . |
| 23 | She feigned enthusiasm , but what she was really thinking was that she 'd been a fool to hope he 'd come here on a more personal mission . |
| 24 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 25 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |
| 26 | She 'd been a fool , a stupid crazy fool , too blinded by love to see that she was being used , too mesmerised by longing to realise Adam wanted only her body . |
| 27 | She 'd been a fool to think one polite little apology would be enough to put everything right between them . |
| 28 | ‘ She 'd been a bit bored , ’ she said . |
| 29 | All right , so she 'd been a bit odd since Ryan had left . |
| 30 | All right , so she 'd been a misery and hermit-like — was n't she entitled to be ? |