Example sentences of "'d [be] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that I 'd have to keep Dawn in my bedroom to start with , and she 'd been beginning to have second thoughts about letting me do that . |
| 2 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 3 | Their bodies were discovered when friends who 'd been trying to contact one of the women became worried and called the police . |
| 4 | I talked to the boy who 'd been trying to help this Frome — trying to get him to vomit it up , and so on . |
| 5 | Then I found out that Jim was making all the original pedals as well , so I decided to get rid of all the stuff I 'd been trying to make all these sounds with and just use the original things . |
| 6 | He 'd been going to say important or fashionable . |
| 7 | I had telephoned various nursing homes in the vicinity whose staff would , I thought , be more conversant with these vagaries of conduct , but they were all full up and I 'd been starting to feel desperate . |