Example sentences of "'d [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Gran had always been tetchy and impatient with Ben Hesketh , she remembered ; and he 'd always called her Ma , as if he 'd been Jake 's brother . |
| 32 | She was beginning to see why he 'd been Jake 's friend . |
| 33 | Coach Dick Best ruefully remarked : ‘ I guess if they 'd been Gloucester boys half of them might have turned out ’ . |
| 34 | See they got on the lights so long of the day in the winter time and made them lay just like as if it 'd been summer . |
| 35 | Previously he 'd been president of Memorex' international group . |
| 36 | Well Of course came the War and and er like for about twelve years like before the War I 'd been president of the Hosiery Finishers Association . |
| 37 | You were wondering how long we 'd been lovers . |
| 38 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 39 | And another boys name was Thomas and he could n't write that cos all last year he 'd been Tom an he 'd forgotten how to write his surname they 're not dim children both of them |
| 40 | It looked like she 'd been Christmas shopping . |
| 41 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |
| 42 | There was so much to say , and if they 'd been face to face she would have poured it all out , but as it was … |
| 43 | Because th th th th there , there 'd been statements from Mao until the end of nineteen forty five where he 's still talking about land to the tiller being some way off |
| 44 | There 'd been months of preparation and delays because of the weather . |
| 45 | I 'd been number one golden boy until then . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ They 'd been pals since they were schoolkids . ’ |
| 47 | They 'd been snakes . |
| 48 | ‘ Perhaps they objected to the destruction of Buckingham and the web of deceit to which they 'd been party ? ’ |
| 49 | And these disciples and Jesus , some of them seasoned , experienced fishermen , they 'd been fishermen all their lives , their fathers had been fishermen before them and they were frightened ! |
| 50 | If there 'd been room , I 'd have liked to print a ring of 18 mutants around the central tree . |
| 51 | So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock . |
| 52 | There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . |
| 53 | What had she really known about the young man who 'd been Eddie 's friend ? |
| 54 | She stood up and walked from the room without so much as a backward glance , and Shae looked down at her hands , surprised to find they were trembling , though they 'd been rock steady just minutes before . |
| 55 | ‘ Ah — there 'd been supper . |
| 56 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 57 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 58 | Because there 'd been arguments about it earlier on in the century , had n't there ? |
| 59 | Stroud , who 'd been Stokle 's common law wife , planned to claim life insurance . |
| 60 | ‘ They 'd have been all right if they 'd been firewomen — she loves women , ’ he said . |