Example sentences of "'d been " in BNC.
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| 31 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
| 32 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
| 33 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 34 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 35 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 36 | And though she would never admit to it , I was sure there were moments , however fleeting and however infrequent , when she wished she 'd been with the Church of England , rather than the Roman Church . |
| 37 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 38 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 39 | We were told that previously , when dogs were allowed , there 'd been problems , so they decided to stop letting them in . |
| 40 | ‘ I think he 'd been fascinated by the wooden leg banging on the floor . |
| 41 | When I first saw the dog , it was quite obvious he 'd been deeply affected by the explosion and had developed a 100-watt phobia for light bulbs ! |
| 42 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 43 | His wife , Shirley , believed we 'd been brought together for a reason and , after a while , she reckoned my sight would be healed . |
| 44 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 45 | ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’ |
| 46 | Patrick himself made a statement to my sister which I 've got on tape , saying he 'd been discarded by the woman he married . |
| 47 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'd been everywhere in books : I read a lot about exotic places . |
| 49 | He thought he 'd been there once but had no idea now . |
| 50 | She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 53 | I 'd been after a pair for ages . |
| 54 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
| 55 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 56 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 57 | He 'd been the man behind Mr Freedom , the shop that was the first place to sell T-shirts with slogans printed on them . |
| 58 | It had one of the best acoustic sound-dubbing rooms in Europe — they 'd been fitted out some time in the thirties to be used for putting soundtracks on to movies . |
| 59 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 60 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |