Example sentences of "'d just been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 2 | His insults had been no less cutting than the American 's , they 'd just been delivered with more urbanity . |
| 3 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 4 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 5 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |
| 6 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 7 | By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone . |
| 8 | ‘ The look on your face was like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd just been caught with a stolen pie . |
| 9 | I met R. D. Case afterwards — he was on the Westminster Gazette at that time — and he told me that Stanford was so drunk that he 'd almost fallen into the gravel Apparently he 'd just been caught in time by George Watson-Forbes , who later wrote a remarkable series of articles in the Daily News on the Home Rule question . ’ |
| 10 | She was n't sure which would have been worse — open , lustful leering , or the teasing mockery she 'd just been subjected to . |
| 11 | As he began another banquet in Japan , President Bush said he was fine , after his collapse yesterday , and that he 'd just been suffering from a flu bug . |
| 12 | When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge . |