Example sentences of "i 'd be " in BNC.
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| 31 | He wanted to know how I 'd been getting on , and who 'd been helping me out . |
| 32 | But Ingrid almost denies this : ‘ I 'd been the typical first-year art-school person , entrenched in one style that was really landscapey — all earthy colours and shapes . |
| 33 | When we talked about it at length , I realised that I 'd been using clothes to buoy myself up emotionally , ever since my father left when I was 10 . |
| 34 | I 'd been existing on two or three hours ' sleep a night . |
| 35 | ‘ It 's a lot keener than I 'd been used to , because here you are not guaranteed a place . |
| 36 | THERE is a first time for everything : Aladdin was the first panto I 'd been to and the first Frank Bruno has performed in . |
| 37 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 38 | Leee Childers : ‘ After playing in Pork , I 'd been back in America for about a year when the phone rang — it was Tony DeFries , David 's manager , who I had apparently met before but did n't remember . |
| 39 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 40 | The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas . |
| 41 | It would have worked too , if I 'd been supported . ’ |
| 42 | Yesterday , after I 'd been round to see you . |
| 43 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 44 | ‘ In 1980 I was 19 and just coming to the end of The Skids , which I 'd been in since I was 15 . |
| 45 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 46 | I wanted to top up the pond I 'd been cleaning out . |
| 47 | But you see , if I 'd been properly organised , none of these disasters would have happened . |
| 48 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 49 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 50 | Go on and on , I 'd been told . |
| 51 | The water smelled dankly of mud and winter , which I had n't seemed to notice when I 'd been in it . |
| 52 | I supposed I 'd been like that too , but I could n't remember . |
| 53 | At night a couple of times at fifteen I 'd been terrified . |
| 54 | We took Roydale and Fringe from the lads and when Tremayne had driven off and positioned himself on his hillock we started together up the all-weather gallop , going the fastest I 'd been ever . |
| 55 | I 'd been hit twice , I remembered . |
| 56 | If I 'd been the archer , I thought , I would have been waiting in position , crouched and camouflaged , endlessly patient , arrow notched on bow . |
| 57 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 58 | I 'd been there for Harry and the arrow had by-passed my heart . |
| 59 | Murder was habit-forming , so I 'd been told . |
| 60 | I had tried since , alone and with others , and I 'd been tongue-tied . |