Example sentences of "'d been on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was suicidal , one day I 'd been on top of the world |
| 2 | She 'd been on anti-depressants for the last 4 years since her husband walked out on her to live with another woman . |
| 3 | One of the managers that come in and he 'd been on holiday for two weeks , but he knew ! |
| 4 | He played like he 'd been on tranquilisers for a month and drifted out of the game into a deep and ineffectual sleep . |
| 5 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 6 | I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs . |
| 7 | I mean , I did get work at his mill in the summer of ‘ forty I 'd been on t'dole for four years , since I left school — but he went into the RAF not long after , and I did n't see him again till late ‘ forty-six . |