Example sentences of "'d be [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 2 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 3 | Before Kevin Ryan came back from America and bought the Half House from the last improvident Hamilton , nephew of her mother 's first husband who 'd been killed at Tobruk . |
| 4 | The umpires conferred , then , like Tweedledum and Tweedledee in their striped shirts , cantered over to the third man in the stands , who 'd been gazing at Mrs Sherwood at the time and missed the incident altogether , and who now waved his down-turned palms back and forth to indicate no foul . |
| 5 | They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain . |
| 6 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 7 | The trousers he was holding were the ones he 'd been wearing at Streatley the previous weekend . |
| 8 | A gallant Irishman who 'd been wounded at Dunkirk and invalided out . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
| 10 | Which Labour MP lost a libel action against the Observer partly because he 'd been educated at Berkhamsted School ? |
| 11 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 12 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 13 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |