Example sentences of "'d been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 32 | Really sad case , that , because he 'd been a fine man . |
| 33 | He was n't getting any younger , after all , and he 'd been a hard worker all his life . |
| 34 | He 'd been a hard man to work for , but he taught Billy everything he knew about that garden and how to take care of it . |
| 35 | He spoke very warmly of his parents , but I felt that he 'd been a lonely child . |
| 36 | If it was obvious that there 'd been a false declaration . |
| 37 | It was grey , and strangely motionless , as if there 'd been a sudden rush of concrete to his head , |
| 38 | While their father accepted that they were both of an age where they wanted to fly the nest , their mother , who , it had to be said , doted on her son — who 'd been a constant source of worry to her — took a little longer . |
| 39 | ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place . |
| 40 | ‘ It appears there 'd been a big row and a parting of the ways before my agent tracked them down , but my premise was right : they 'd been staying with one of Svend 's college friends at his parents ’ apartment on the outskirts of the city . |
| 41 | There 'd been a big square of white cloth amongst them , which a group of nomes had managed to tie around the human 's mouth after its mooing got on everyone 's nerves . |
| 42 | There 'd been a big robbery in Dublin : hundred thousand taken and the bank manager shot dead . ’ |
| 43 | I think I got that because of my tracheotomy — I think I probably should have gotten it before , but I 'd been a bad girl . |
| 44 | He had n't looked after her properly , he 'd been a bad father . |
| 45 | I 'd been a naughty boy , |
| 46 | Now again , if it 'd been a full interview you might have death and service benefits and things of that nature which might and then when er I tapped it was obvious that you were gon na go for ANNA and you squashed from the second appointment right to the very end in the space of the two minutes . |
| 47 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |
| 48 | He 'd been a pharmaceutical salesman , mad keen on amateur dramatics . |