Example sentences of "he 'd [been] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'd been slumped over the freezer for some minutes before anyone realised anything was wrong , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 4 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 5 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd been sent to a friend of mine to be sold , but he was a little bit difficult to place . |
| 7 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 8 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 9 | He fell into the chair as though he 'd been hit with a medicine ball and said very little while Malc 's parents discussed what we should do . |
| 10 | A team-mate claimed : ‘ He looked like he 'd been hit with a meat cleaver . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 12 | Told Tyler Beck he 'd been hit by a truck . |
| 13 | He 'd been hit by a car three weeks before , and he had a broken arm and pelvis . |
| 14 | Harry knew he 'd been hit in the aircraft , feeling now the wetness of blood inside his shirt and trousers , although the wounds did n't hurt , only causing numbness . |
| 15 | Seddon knew more about the Ingard-Stavanger case than I did , because , being an ex-chief of the Fraud Squad , he 'd been consulted about it before it came to us , and had , in fact , directed the preliminary police inquiries . |
| 16 | Then in March , his mother was told he 'd been killed in action |
| 17 | He 'd been battered to death . |
| 18 | He 'd been a social worker , then a deputy director of social services — he 'd been fired after the famous ‘ babyswap ’ scandal , but that was how he came to be taken up by FAMILY . |
| 19 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 20 | He 'd been questioned about his age in pubs several times . |
| 21 | It was surprising , now he came to think of it , that this had n't scared him off , but he 'd been lulled by her flippancy . |
| 22 | But he was economising because he 'd been robbed in Spain . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd been disqualified for not having insurance and disqualified before that for drink driving . |
| 24 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |
| 25 | At the time of the crash in July , he 'd been disqualified from driving . |
| 26 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 27 | Perry was a thick-set , bull-necked man who looked as if he 'd been eased into his suit with a shoe-horn . |
| 28 | His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future . |
| 29 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 30 | I had no idea he 'd been kept in the dark for so long . |