Example sentences of "[subord] he 'd [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Squires , severely autistic , returned to Islington in 1986 from a residential school where he 'd been happy . |
| 2 | ‘ I remember a border collie that had been stolen from outside a shop where he 'd been tied . |
| 3 | Kenneth came across it while returning from a far-flung artist 's studio where he 'd been to purchase a John Miller watercolour for my birthday . |
| 4 | In ‘ Downtown Beirut ’ , the boozery next door to the infamous ‘ Village Idiot ’ on 10th St. , ( where two Pogues ' albums continually rotate on the juke box ) , a dastardly plan was hatched to kidnap Strummer from out of the ‘ Seven B ’ bar , where he 'd been drinking all week , and substitute him onstage with Joe Hurley . |
| 5 | Any road , they crept off to Bury one weekend — it was where his mam lived , where he 'd been brought up and gone to school . |
| 6 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
| 7 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 8 | On Harper 's behalf it was said that although he 'd been reckless , dangerous and stupid by starting the fire , there 'd been no evil or mischief in his mind . |
| 9 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 10 | There were times during his illness , he told me , when he was happier than he 'd been since he was a child . |
| 11 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 12 | The truth of it was that he was even less certain of her now than he 'd been at the beginning ; how she thought , the way she might react as the world around her changed . |
| 13 | He was taken aback , and more confused than he 'd been a moment ago . |
| 14 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 15 | In any case , 'e would n't be in 'ere terday if 'e 'd been lucky . ’ |
| 16 | He jumped out of his skin like he 'd been stung . |
| 17 | Young H from Wallasey was a pretty major exception to this rule — he did the drop in of doom off the extension to flat bottom hipper , slashed about did mass ollies onto the extension , laybacks , wore an agnostic Front tee , and generally skated like he 'd been around since the sevs and was a dwarf just pretending to be under 16 . |
| 18 | ‘ It was like he 'd been … |
| 19 | He played like he 'd been on tranquilisers for a month and drifted out of the game into a deep and ineffectual sleep . |
| 20 | A team-mate claimed : ‘ He looked like he 'd been hit with a meat cleaver . ’ |
| 21 | The taxi driver said , ‘ You tell me he was shot , he looked like he 'd been shot . |
| 22 | Like he 'd been cut open and died and I put my hand in all among his intestines . ’ |
| 23 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't know who he is , but last night in the pub you asked Mr Hatton if he 'd been seeing much of McCloy lately . |
| 25 | If he 'd been in Eden , he would have probably left apple cores strewn all around the garden . |
| 26 | ‘ If he 'd been he 'd been wearing one , he might have had an open casket . ’ |
| 27 | Jane mentioned a typewriter , paper , carbon — when asked for anything , Jim had a habit of drawing in his breath even more sharply , as if he 'd been wounded . |
| 28 | He wondered if he 'd been sensible to bring so much . |
| 29 | He had successfully stamped it out in his own country , and if he 'd been rather too hard on the jews at the same time , well why not ? |
| 30 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |