Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [be] " in BNC.
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1 | i found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 . |
2 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
3 | I 'd been trying to get into training since I was fourteen . |
4 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
5 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
6 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
7 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
8 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
9 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
10 | How glad I 'd been in those first nights with him . |
11 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
12 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
13 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
14 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
15 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
16 | ‘ I 'd been everywhere in books : I read a lot about exotic places . |
17 | She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long . |
18 | I 'd been after a pair for ages . |
19 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
20 | The last time I 'd been there I nearly got caught bunking my fare . |
21 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
22 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
23 | At the end of my foundation year I 'd been voted in as Social Secretary , in charge of putting on all the shows there . |
24 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
25 | It was a freezing cold day and I 'd been sitting there in nothing but these dungarees that I 'd been working on the roof in . |
26 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
27 | Big Lou came out with a story that I 'd been fired — but I resigned . ’ |
28 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
29 | Like a fool I told her about the man I 'd been living with . |
30 | Two kids I 'd got when I 'd been married as long as Hatton . |