Example sentences of "[conj] they 'd [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funny that they 'd both been heading for the same place , though . |
| 2 | They caved in ; I mean it was only a sister and a niece , and they 'd both been provided for during his lifetime and the niece got a couple of hundred thou in his will . |
| 3 | Their painted eyes seemed to be full of a malignant resentment , as if they 'd once been living horses that had been turned to wood by an enchantment . |
| 4 | The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me I had no right to inflict pain on those girls , because they 'd simply been telling the truth . ’ |