Example sentences of "who 'd be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 Walking her round , Luke was reminded of his schoolfriend Spike , who 'd been caught in the locker room with another boy .
32 Ted jerked up like a man who 'd been zapped with a thousand volts .
33 The Western powers — you 'll recall the reports — were shamed by the plight of hundreds of thousands of Kurds who 'd been encouraged by Bush to rise up against Saddam and who 'd ended as refugees scattered like strewn rags across mountains on the Turkey-Iraq border .
34 But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 .
35 Few fights — occasionally , you 'd get a man who 'd been gashed in the face with a bottle , that had been drunk in the bar and you 'd be called in and you 'd take him to hospital .
36 They were formed at the same time as the Quakers , actually , in sixteen fifty-two , and the main erm belief of the group was that John Reeve and his cousin Ludowick Muddleton were the two prophets who 'd been chosen by God as the last witnesses in the Book of Revelation .
37 Alan Stewart , who 'd been arrested by police six months ago and questioned about allegations of indecency , was on the staff of New Barns School at Toddington in Gloucestershire when it closed in the autumn .
38 Next up was a hard-looking fellow I remembered as one of the surviving Africa veterans , a prodigal who 'd been seduced by Martinho but had redeemed himself by daring and sacrifice under Osvaldo — I was surprised he was still alive .
39 And , an added bonus , in the house of the woman who 'd been seduced by her grandfather !
40 Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway played with phallic imagery , played sexy , played violent and played Robin Hood by robbing banks to help farmers who 'd been foreclosed by the banks .
41 Who was she , who 'd been crucified by Hamish 's departure , to hanker after someone else 's husband ?
42 What happened what happened really in , in Russia and China is er that they had a sort of captive lower class who 'd been used to a very authoritarian kind of rule so they were able to impose communism from above .
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