Example sentences of "and [subord] [pron] 'd [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A soldier with a machine gun , bulky in his bullet-proof jacket , asked Rory for his licence , and where they 'd been . |
| 2 | Guido released her and stepped away , and where there 'd been warmth there was suddenly coldness . |
| 3 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |
| 4 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 5 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 6 | It was nearly a year since Dunkirk , and if they 'd been going to come , surely they 'd not have waited this long . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 9 | I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 11 | And if I 'd been in his skin , and seen the power in Dawn 's beak and feet , I do n't think I 'd have done anything either . |
| 12 | He had successfully stamped it out in his own country , and if he 'd been rather too hard on the jews at the same time , well why not ? |
| 13 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |
| 14 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 15 | ‘ And because I 'd been speaking slowly , my lip patterns were distorted . |
| 16 | ‘ The farmer 's son brought a beautiful mare to be shod ; and after she 'd been done he asked the guv'nor what he thought on her . |
| 17 | And after he 'd been so kind , too . |
| 18 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |
| 19 | They wanted their own announcer , a local girl , not one from London , and as I 'd been presenting it on radio since I was 13 , they asked me to try my hand on television . |
| 20 | 30 " He was dead when he went in , and as he 'd been dead only for about six to seven hours , it could n't have been longer than that . |