Example sentences of "'d [been] [vb pp] down [prep] " in BNC.

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1	So they 'd been sent down into the rock no doubt still with orders to draw blood from the air .
2	After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all .
3	Er w and he 'd been turned down by and all the other er top lawyers in
4	‘ It 's A Game ’ , ‘ Money Honey ’ , ‘ Shang A Lang ’ and , um , a lot of padding from the Rollers ' post ‘ 77 career after they 'd been shot down in flames , plucked , shucked , gutted , roasted , eaten , shat out and buggered in the back of the neck and then locked in the attic with Mad Auntie Maude from Nottingham for two weeks by the ultimate manufactured band , the Sex Pistols .
5	Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too .
6	‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time .
7	‘ It seemed to me she 'd been worn down by leading a life she was n't fitted for .
8	Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’
9	Erm I think they thought they 'd been let down at the end of it .
10	Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it .

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