Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he 'd be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pascoe realized that he 'd been asking questions that Susan had n't answered . |
| 2 | The 18-year-old who caused the accident admitted that he 'd been driving recklessly . |
| 3 | He revealed that he 'd been intending to do an act at the Easter Fete but had abandoned it because he 'd decided it was a load of rubbish . |
| 4 | Mansell , who also revealed that he 'd been offered more than twice his wages to go back to Ferrari , added : ‘ Ayrton 's spoiled , always has been — even when he was a kid kart racer . |
| 5 | He laughed , and then added that he 'd been drunk as a cork himself actually , the night before . |
| 6 | Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror . |
| 7 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 8 | Besides , he probably felt that he 'd been made to look foolish , and men do hate that . |
| 9 | The taxi driver said , ‘ You tell me he was shot , he looked like he 'd been shot . |
| 10 | A team-mate claimed : ‘ He looked like he 'd been hit with a meat cleaver . ’ |
| 11 | and quite a lot of the nurses used to walk their nurses , I mean they 're er war trained and unarmed combat and they 're wardens , let's face it , they 're not nurses , and one of them was saying to me , oh we had a fellow in the other day , he 'd , he 'd a , fallen up the police stations steps I think erm , he said that he 'd been to see the do gooders , he had this interview |
| 12 | Ron said that he 'd been preparing an obituary of Lord Mountbatten for some time , that Mountbatten had somehow got wind of it and had approached the BBC with a view to taking part . |
| 13 | Kellerman wondered if he 'd been hit . |
| 14 | Edward was pale and she wondered if he 'd been eating pork crackling again which did n't agree with him , but he did n't seem sick . |