Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 2 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 3 | Halfway outbound in the hold the scheduled traffic for which we 'd been waiting landed , and we swooped down , just catching the ILS . |
| 4 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 5 | He spread the trousers carefully on the large deal table , put the towel with which he 'd been drying the luncheon dishes carefully on top of the faded tweed , smoothed it into place and began to poke out the creases with an old iron . |
| 6 | Very urgent business which he 'd been putting off . |
| 7 | Mike lowered the can of Coke which he 'd been emptying down his parched throat . |
| 8 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise . |
| 10 | Oh , that 's what I 'd been thinking , fifty percent of what they want . |
| 11 | I do n't know what I 'd been expecting . |
| 12 | I 'd been dreaming , that 's what I 'd been doing . |
| 13 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 14 | But this is so different to what I 'd been doing as it is for most people . |
| 15 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |
| 16 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 17 | Not easy for us , was what she 'd been warning me , being so near and yet so far , so tantalizingly inaccessible to each other . |
| 18 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 19 | It was three times what she 'd been expecting . |
| 20 | She nodded , as if this was what she 'd been expecting , and then she took what was probably her first real look at her surroundings . |
| 21 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 22 | His answering look told her he knew exactly what she 'd been thinking . |
| 23 | Luce followed his lead , not yet clear enough in her own mind to try and provide any answers , or confide what she 'd been thinking . |
| 24 | I said that this was what she 'd been proposing , dummkopf , but Stuart was n't having any of it . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I did , ’ said Kelly , surprised that he had n't grasped what she 'd been saying . |
| 26 | Had he heard what she 'd been saying ? |
| 27 | I saw what she 'd been smiling at . |
| 28 | She should have felt relief — was n't this what she 'd been longing to hear ? |
| 29 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 30 | So the more you bought , during the time you were in business , the m more quota you got you see , according to what you 'd been buying . |