Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] 'd [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido released her and stepped away , and where there 'd been warmth there was suddenly coldness . |
| 2 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 3 | so in all purp in , in always , the fact that you 'd come into this house made one realize that there 'd been a distinct change in one 's circumstances . |
| 4 | Like us , he reckoned that there 'd been another man there . |
| 5 | The story was an ancient warrant that the girls of those parts were the beauties of their day , that there 'd been no break with the proud Greek tradition . |
| 6 | Erm th there were some complaints about er , this is first liaison meeting that there 'd been in the county , and you know they were obviously |
| 7 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 8 | If it was obvious that there 'd been a false declaration . |
| 9 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 10 | The promised home help had n't turned up despite several letters , and there 'd been no sign of the district nurse over the weekend . |
| 11 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 12 | And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury . |
| 13 | And there 'd been like a half door going to the shop like there you know . |
| 14 | And there 'd been this picture of a human lying down , with what looked like nomes tying it up with hundreds of ropes . |
| 15 | I wanted to ask if she had died peacefully , whether they had used a syringe driver , if there 'd been anyone to comfort her . |
| 16 | If the three arrows had all had flights … if there 'd been no wind … |
| 17 | If there 'd been any more trouble , we would just have drawn our staffs and knocked all hell out of them . |
| 18 | It was grey , and strangely motionless , as if there 'd been a sudden rush of concrete to his head , |
| 19 | And suddenly the air seemed deadened , as if there 'd been an explosion . |
| 20 | Listen , if there 'd been any fruit around I 'd have eaten it . |
| 21 | If there 'd been the least sign of magical activity we 'd know about it . ’ |
| 22 | There would have been a terrific scandal if there 'd been anyone present to have a scandal around . |
| 23 | For seven years they 'd lived apart — Adam in Wickrithe with Gran , herself in Coniston with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick — but now that she was back in Wickrithe , helping Gran with her bed-and-breakfast business for the summer , it was as if there 'd been no break . |
| 24 | He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide . |
| 25 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 26 | Now if there 'd been I do n't know the length of this or something . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place . |
| 28 | ‘ That 'll be nice , ’ Martha replied , as if there 'd been no earlier ruction . |
| 29 | It makes you more mine than if there 'd been others or if your marriage had been real . " |
| 30 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |