Example sentences of "he 'd [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been screwing all day and he 'd walk into the camp fucking going |
| 2 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |
| 3 | In ‘ Downtown Beirut ’ , the boozery next door to the infamous ‘ Village Idiot ’ on 10th St. , ( where two Pogues ' albums continually rotate on the juke box ) , a dastardly plan was hatched to kidnap Strummer from out of the ‘ Seven B ’ bar , where he 'd been drinking all week , and substitute him onstage with Joe Hurley . |
| 4 | And he 'd been getting worse , no doubt about that . |
| 5 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 6 | Even from this distance it was clear he 'd been hit several times in the chest and there was also red paint all over his visor . |
| 7 | But lately he 'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave , Rampage . |
| 8 | Although he said he 'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he 'd been handling stolen goods . |
| 9 | He 'd been expecting tight security at the entrance , but in the event the gates were open and unmanned , and a passing employee directed him along a concrete road leading to the garage where a man in blue overalls was washing one of the Fiat saloons . |
| 10 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't know who he is , but last night in the pub you asked Mr Hatton if he 'd been seeing much of McCloy lately . |
| 12 | The same old crowd , but he 'd been seeing much less of them . |
| 13 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 14 | When her brother had looked likely to become a chip off the old block , he 'd been given all the support of a loving father intent on realising his own dreams through his son . |
| 15 | He 'd been smoking 50 a day for 40 years . |
| 16 | He he was very excitable , excitable and he was angry erm he was shouting at me er that he 'd been spreadeagled naked er on the floor , guns had been pointed at him and his front door had been smashed down and his er his family , his wife and children had been frightened . |
| 17 | Like he 'd been cut open and died and I put my hand in all among his intestines . ’ |
| 18 | Apparently he 'd been telling all the other English teachers about it and now they all wanted their classes to see and hear about Hadwick 's owl . |
| 19 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 20 | Though I can see why you must find that disappointing … ’ she let her gaze drift over his white trousers and faded T-shirt , the same white trousers and faded T-shirt he 'd been wearing earlier ‘ … after all the trouble you 've gone to changing for me . ’ |
| 21 | He almost certainly had a pearl fedora to go with the image and brown and white two-tone shoes , if he 'd been wearing any . |
| 22 | ‘ He 'd been wearing this over the shirt he wore for the sitting , ’ Edwards said , ‘ and at the end of the last sitting just as he was leaving , as an afterthought , he said , ‘ Oh you better have this ’ and took it off and gave it to me , like the end of a football match . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He 'd been gone several days before Trueman did it . |
| 24 | Tonight , one of Hadley 's victims described her anger towards him , and her relief he 'd been found guilty . |
| 25 | Well I mean I , apparently he 'd been giving this , this guy stick like all day . |
| 26 | He 'd been told various stories that had supplied small but interesting details about Mandru 's personality and private life . |
| 27 | He 'd been told that often enough in the old days . |
| 28 | One evening , after he 'd been answering more questions from Coombs and Beeding , Quigley came into my room when I was doing my homework . |
| 29 | How long he 'd been sleeping rough no one could tell . |
| 30 | When I came out , wearing the least horrid of the shirts he 'd bought for me , he stood up ( he 'd been sitting all the time by the door ) . |