Example sentences of "[verb] he 'd be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It 's thought he 'd been incontinent and tried to wash himself .
2 In court he also stated he 'd been unaware the cannister , legal on the continent , was an offensive weapon in Britain .
3 He remembered speaking to him , saying he 'd been brave .
4 I do n't like baked beans , he knows it , I suppose he 'd been lazy .
5 Mallachy could tell he 'd been ridiculous from his face , and Rory had confessed immediately .
6 Yet Jezrael knew he 'd been one of them for longer than she 'd been on Mars .
7 Lachlan was near heaving the shipmaster overboard , but he knew he 'd been wrong .
8 He knew he 'd been wrong about me .
9 Let it suffice for the present that he thought he 'd been silly to nurture romantic thoughts about his first love .
10 I do n't think he 'd been ill-treated , but he 's took a lot of love and a lot of attention
11 But now he did n't think he 'd been harsh at all .
12 Perhaps he realised he 'd been rash .
13 There was no evidence of actual impropriety , you see , but Puddephat admitted he 'd been friendly with the girl and given her extra coaching .
14 I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off
15 Little wonder he 'd been amazed — Dane Jacobsen was probably more accustomed to having to fight adoring women off .
16 Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’
17 He was put on probation and ordered to do community service after a solicitor said he 'd been upset by the death of his mother .
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