Example sentences of "'d [been] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been sent there for contempt of court by Essex magistrates when she refused to answer questions about her personal finances in a poll tax case . |
| 2 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 3 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 4 | She 'd been summoned there for refusing to pay a poll tax surcharge of £14.52 . |
| 5 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 6 | He 'd been waiting there for me , I concluded . |
| 7 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 9 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 10 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
| 11 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 12 | His wife , Shirley , believed we 'd been brought together for a reason and , after a while , she reckoned my sight would be healed . |