Example sentences of "they 'd been [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I do n't know whether they 'd been sending them away , to be er as patterns to some other firm or what , but there was quite a quant there was er a quantity of of casting sand you know black stuff that you use . |
| 2 | They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) . |
| 3 | They 'd been feeding it down at the where they give the horses |
| 4 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 5 | The aroma that exuded from the chemist shop in those days like er Depends what they 'd been using you see ? |
| 6 | Well in that case and they 'd been stopping them for us you see and er excuse me stopping them for us and whoever decided to speak to them has had his few words and that 's it carry on . |
| 7 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 8 | ‘ She said they 'd been helping her to write songs , and sure enough I tried one of them — low string down to D , and top string right down to C — and I got three new songs straight away : Galileo , Virginia Woolf and a ballad that did n't make it onto the record . |
| 9 | There was a head , they 'd been telling her . |
| 10 | They 'd been keeping it under lights , and it seemed to be growing quite happily with one end in a pot of special plant water . |
| 11 | They 'd been planning it , moving , for a year . |