Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] 'd be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely . |
| 2 | There was so much to say , and if they 'd been face to face she would have poured it all out , but as it was … |
| 3 | All those years ago after we 'd been friends for a couple of months or so ( and he 'd borrowed quite a bit more money off me ) , I confessed to him that I was being persecuted by a thug called Dudley . |
| 4 | It took something away from everyone , whether they 'd been IP in the past or not . |
| 5 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 6 | ‘ Dare Say certainly deserved this change of luck as he 'd been second in three of his four races so far this term . ’ |