Example sentences of "[noun pl] he 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 2 | Perhaps she 'd heard his panting , and the promises he 'd been making in the dark . |
| 3 | The second thing was I asked , and nobody picked it up , five , five years he 'd been working could the net earnings related carry forward ? |
| 4 | Quick-thinking James , 20 , switched off the gas and collected a damp cloth , while Darren used the fire-fighting techniques he 'd been learning on his weekend course in Surrey to tackle the blaze . |
| 5 | Amiss decided not to mention the dead bodies he 'd been coming across since he 'd got chummy with Jim Milton . |
| 6 | Marron told police he 'd been copying what he 'd seen on a pornographic video : Judge Paul Clark said it showed how harmful such videos were . |
| 7 | He also told police he 'd been copying a homosexual video tape . |
| 8 | For a long moment their glances clashed like swords , then there was a shout behind her , and she turned to see the two men he 'd been talking to and a short stout woman in a dark overall running towards them . |
| 9 | After all the incivilities he 'd been hurling at her , he deserved to be put in his place a little ! |
| 10 | And anyway I walked past him and he went back and he was sh moaning at her so erm two of the old boys he 'd been working with said whatever 's all that about ? |
| 11 | The trousers he was holding were the ones he 'd been wearing at Streatley the previous weekend . |
| 12 | It was gone in an instant as at last he looked up at her and pushed aside the papers he 'd been leafing through . |
| 13 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |