Example sentences of "[verb] he 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
2 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
3 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
4 | If she had n't known better she 'd have thought he 'd been drinking . |
5 | ‘ I suppose they showed he 'd been drinking ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
7 | My son-in-law came home a few weeks ago and confessed he 'd been having an affair with a girl in his office . |
8 | It seems he 'd been drinking . ’ |
9 | On the night Sgt lilley died he 'd been drinking again . |
10 | ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig . |
11 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
12 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
13 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
14 | She knew he 'd been studying her face while watching for her reaction . |
15 | At that time , and erm she had n't known anything about it , because he had looked after the benefit , and she thought he 'd been paying the rent . |
16 | For a second Donna thought he 'd been standing there looking at her , this man in the leather jacket and trousers which were too short . |
17 | ‘ From the expression on Rik 's face , you would think he 'd been doing this sort of stuff all his life , ’ Gerald says . |
18 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
19 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
20 | and they thought , they said then it was connected with the accident , erm because it , you know , she was in such a bad way , and , the other fellow was to blame , I think he 'd been drinking , I 'm not sure , but they 're claiming off the insurance and they reckon she 's gon na be entitled to around a hundred thousand pounds compensation , because , not only has she had these physical injuries , but because she had a knock on the head it 's also affecting her mental state |
21 | I think he 'd been practising his pauses . |
22 | Although he said he 'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he 'd been handling stolen goods . |
23 | And to think he 'd been agonizing about what line to take on Bartocci 's conspiracy theory ! |
24 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
25 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
26 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
27 | Frank Williams said he 'd been hoping to sign Senna 's for the last ten years , but he was also full of praise for Hill . |
28 | When questioned by police he confessed to the killing and said he 'd been drinking and taking amphetamines . |
29 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
30 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |