Example sentences of "[pron] realised [pers pn] 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once I knew about the other woman , I realised we 'd been drifting apart and that , at weekends , I 'd felt quite distant . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 4 | It was only then she realised she 'd been holding her breath . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We realised we 'd been depending too much on verbal instructions so we concentrated on producing written safety procedures , including training and planning . |