Example sentences of "'d [been] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war . |
| 2 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 3 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 4 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 5 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 6 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 7 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 8 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 9 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 10 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 11 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 12 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 13 | And I 'd been there from six in the morning till quarter to nine . |
| 14 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 15 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 17 | I 'd been out with other boys other than Keith but they never touched me . |