Example sentences of "'d [been] there a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No it was during the conversation he er he said that I hear that you went to flat and I said yes and he said er well you just missed me , I 'd been there a couple of days before .
2 One of our friends that we 'd met were there , they 'd been there a couple of weeks
3 before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through .
4 He 'd been there a week when violence flared around his squad of green and frightened youngsters .
5 And when I came ashore — I 'd been there a week — he gave me ten bob .
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