Example sentences of "the [noun] he 'd [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 2 | He let the foot he 'd been massaging fall to the floor with a thud , and she winced . |
| 3 | He flipped back through the book looking at his entries , neat , and pages of notes about the pheasants and the weather and the times he 'd been up there . |
| 4 | And he started up in the spring and the bucket he 'd been carrying had left a ridge in his hand . |
| 5 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 6 | The only other thing that you heard Sergeant say that some how at the briefing he 'd been given information that was likely to be in the master bedroom . |
| 7 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 8 | Perhaps she 'd heard his panting , and the promises he 'd been making in the dark . |
| 9 | He hated the room he 'd been given as his own , with the picture of Tony Greig that someone had taken from his room in Primrose Cottage and pinned up on the wall , and the pictures of Greg Chappell , who 'd once played for Somerset , and Brian Close . |
| 10 | When he 'd appeared with her breakfast Penry Vaughan had been reasonably friendly — and in the middle of the night he 'd been kindness itself after her nightmare . |
| 11 | He was n't wearing the suit he 'd been wearing in Furnival Gardens . |
| 12 | Now was obviously not the time to confront Feargal and ask what the devil he 'd been talking about . |
| 13 | A third guard in the van , Anthony Edwards , told the court he 'd been petrified he might be shot . |
| 14 | Steve Kay , the friend he 'd been out with , says it 's just an example of how Swindon 's becoming a dangerous place to live in . |
| 15 | Besides these photographs were Pedro 's polo helmet , which now had a map of the Malvinas stamped on the front ( which Angel always wore in matches ) , and a jar of earth he 'd dug up from the Islands on the day he 'd been sent home as a prisoner of war . |
| 16 | She heard him release the breath he 'd been holding in a sigh . |
| 17 | Fighting down the customary surge of frustration , Luce turned to Michele , who , having thrown aside the paper he 'd been reading , was standing quietly , his expression politely detached . |
| 18 | ( This was a circumstance paralleled at his own funeral , when the friends and relations of the woman he 'd been living with for part of the week since the early 1960s stole the show from us , the pathetic huddle of the family of his middle years . ) |
| 19 | Joey Bonanza paid his men pretty well , but not well enough for Jack Mahoney to be able to afford the address he 'd been living at . |
| 20 | if you look at the cure of erm th the Blind Man of Bethsiedum which happened a little earlier , a similar thing happens when Jesus cures his sight , he ca n't see at first and Jesus has to do some more work on him with spit , spittle and er you know the , but there 's something behind that it 's not just a er a nature miracle , sorry a healing miracle overcoming physical ailments , that 's spectacular in itself but the can take something else on board here without the attitude of people and their willingness to accept who Jesus was and what his details of participant Bartiamaus had been given the vision he 'd been given was more than just his eyesight . |
| 21 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 22 | He chuckled to himself , put down the cup he 'd been drinking the water from , wiped his lips . |
| 23 | After all the incivilities he 'd been hurling at her , he deserved to be put in his place a little ! |
| 24 | Although I did n't , he he , I did n't have time to ask him what the hell he 'd been up to . |
| 25 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 26 | Pamela had been the reason he 'd been put away . |
| 27 | He 'd met Romano de Sciorto through researching the book he 'd been planning on the history of the islands . |
| 28 | The trousers he was holding were the ones he 'd been wearing at Streatley the previous weekend . |
| 29 | ‘ He did n't like to admit he 'd got hooked — not after the way he 'd been going on . |
| 30 | Guy grimaced , remembering the way he 'd been treating her . |