Example sentences of "'d [be] [v-ing] in [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On trial at Worcester Crown Court were thirty year old Jamie Ray , a Californian who 'd been staying in England , James Lovelidge from London who 's twenty seven and unemployed , and Michael Rock , a forty one year old French Canadian who was living in London . |
2 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |
3 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
6 | Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while . |
7 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
8 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
9 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |
10 | I 'd been shopping in Smiths and I thought I recognised him . |
11 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |