Example sentences of "said [pron] 'd be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I 'd been chasing him all over the world . |
| 2 | I did that once , quite bad it was , my father was furious , but my mother said I 'd been trying and he was n't to do anything . |
| 3 | I told my supplier — you know , I said I 'd been done over , I had no money , n. stuff . |
| 4 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 5 | He said I 'd been cheated . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 7 | My mother had a fit when I went home and my aunt said I 'd been taken on . |
| 8 | ‘ You said you 'd been transferred . ’ |
| 9 | He said you 'd been sticking your nose in where it was n't wanted , and had n't heeded warnings from your superiors about giving up finding an espionage connection with Mills ' murder . ’ |
| 10 | My friend called me and said you 'd been to see him and were asking about a Russian cross . |
| 11 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 12 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 13 | ‘ She said she 'd been peeling onions . |
| 14 | Alina said she 'd been raised in the country . |
| 15 | He said she 'd been raped at 18 by a Lebanese man in London . |
| 16 | When she said she 'd been going to visit her friend , there 'd been no friend . |
| 17 | But er she said she 'd been feeling a bit rough recently . |
| 18 | She said she 'd been babysitting , but then and the doors and and and I this filthy , filthy , dirty letter somebody had written to her , some other girl |
| 19 | She said she 'd been following a higher moral law . |
| 20 | Mrs MacIllarry said she 'd been told by her mother that Jobson had once phoned saying he would kill her and then himself . |
| 21 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Till the knock on the door — two investigators said they 'd been watching my house and he was living with me . |
| 24 | Of two hundred and forty people who returned their questionaires to the students union , seventy nine per cent said they 'd been offered drugs . |
| 25 | Some tenants to whom this happens every few months said they 'd been told that next time they 'd have to sort it out themselves . |
| 26 | Derek said they 'd been having sex ! |
| 27 | said they 'd been recording things for her wanting to see what she does see when she 's old . |
| 28 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 29 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 30 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |