Example sentences of "'d [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 2 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 3 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 4 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 5 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 6 | Quick-thinking James , 20 , switched off the gas and collected a damp cloth , while Darren used the fire-fighting techniques he 'd been learning on his weekend course in Surrey to tackle the blaze . |
| 7 | I 'd been existing on two or three hours ' sleep a night . |
| 8 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 9 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 10 | She 'd been counting on rescue services arriving with the dawn , but maybe they would n't be coming after all . |
| 11 | It was body language I 'd been counting on to win her round . |
| 12 | At the end of our corridor is the playroom where the children not yet in school spend their days with playworkers — unemployed women who 'd been signing on the dole before getting these " work experience scheme " jobs funded by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 13 | I felt she had n't been thinking about Charlie at all — except as an inspiration — but that , like me , she 'd been dwelling on what she might do in the world . |
| 14 | He 'd met Romano de Sciorto through researching the book he 'd been planning on the history of the islands . |
| 15 | So , he 'd been planning on cutting the test sessions short , had he ? |
| 16 | Philip rubbed the mist off the glass where he 'd been breathing on it . |
| 17 | Their reunion with the twins — who 'd been playing on the beach with the Meadowes 's little girl , Kerry-Jane — was an almost heartbreaking occasion . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mind you in between that I 'd been working on the fa farm farm . |
| 20 | Yes well we I I 'd been working on the Menai Suspension Bridge repa you know , when they were rep doing the repairing like . |
| 21 | ‘ She 'd been working on them for quite a while . |
| 22 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd been working on that right during training it was more of a natural reaction . ’ |
| 24 | It was also frustrating for the scientists who 'd been working on this project for more than a decade . |
| 25 | The summer school job that she 'd been relying on had been cancelled at the very last minute and other temporary jobs were a bit thin on the ground . |
| 26 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 27 | So , he 'd been spying on her , had he ? |
| 28 | She 'd been sitting on the edge of the bed when they 'd arrived , two large uniformed men . |
| 29 | He 'd been sitting on his fanny for three months now and here was a chance to do something . |
| 30 | At this point , a young woman who 'd been sitting on one of Bridget 's sofas jumped angrily to her feet and shouted at Geoffrey . |