Example sentences of "'d [been] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been annoying the Dasses . |
| 2 | All the same , he wished he 'd paid a little more attention to what had gone on when he 'd been leaving the depot so that he could have spotted when they carried out that trick with the form he was supposed to have dropped . |
| 3 | They 're being sold by an enthusiast who 'd been collecting the models since he was a boy . |
| 4 | 2 families had to leave their homes after they were terrorised by a mob , angry they 'd been helping the Police to catch the joyriders . |
| 5 | The debt counsellor who 'd been helping the Harrises said Dorend Ltd had agreed to wave interest of around £30,000 . |
| 6 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 7 | He spread the trousers carefully on the large deal table , put the towel with which he 'd been drying the luncheon dishes carefully on top of the faded tweed , smoothed it into place and began to poke out the creases with an old iron . |
| 8 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
| 9 | They 'd been watching the site for some time . |
| 10 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 11 | And er he did n't blame me one bit of doing that because we 'd been getting the run around . |
| 12 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'd been raiding the school at the end of Dwyer Street . ’ |
| 14 | Everything in bilingual Canada was written in both English and French and I realized that since my arrival I 'd been reading the French quite easily . |
| 15 | He chuckled to himself , put down the cup he 'd been drinking the water from , wiped his lips . |
| 16 | He 'd been counting the days . |
| 17 | ‘ But then you discovered how , for two years , I 'd been concealing the knowledge of your son from you , ’ Ashley broke in harshly , ‘ and telling me went out of the window . |
| 18 | He 'd been telling the truth . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 20 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 21 | He 'd been fighting the prophet , but every time he 'd laid hands on the man , he 'd changed shape , become a cloud , a venomous snake , a wildcat , a mad woman . |
| 22 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |
| 23 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 24 | They had a warrant to arrest her grandson who 'd been visiting the pensioner at her sheltered accommodation in Cheltenham . |
| 25 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 26 | He 'd been working too hard in college , and even harder since he 'd been running the farm . |
| 27 | Then me , yeah me and Zed were saying like because , and like we 'd been tripping the night before and everything |
| 28 | At that time , and erm she had n't known anything about it , because he had looked after the benefit , and she thought he 'd been paying the rent . |
| 29 | Virginia realised she 'd been gripping the steering-wheel unnecessarily tightly and consciously relaxed , forcing a laugh and wincing as the vibration worsened her headache . |
| 30 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |