Example sentences of "[noun sg] he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | worse thinking he 'd been to solicitors but I 'm trying to track down anybody ! |
| 2 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 3 | Martinho , too , sensing what the rules of disengagement from the deathbed were going to be , allowed them to have their fun , or the priestly hypocrite he 'd been in the jungle — got his kicks out of the spectacle , what he might regard as my just deserts for my equivocal behaviour toward him in those nightmare days . |
| 4 | The only other thing that you heard Sergeant say that some how at the briefing he 'd been given information that was likely to be in the master bedroom . |
| 5 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |
| 6 | A commodity never difficult to find , in John-William 's experience , particularly now when the Chartist leaders , who had been locked up after the troubles of 1839 , were all out of prison again ; except for that Sheffield lad , of course , who 'd died at twenty-seven , from the hard labour he 'd been put to at Northallerton jail . |
| 7 | The Deputy Director of the SIS was a man you could pass in the street without noticing , an effect he 'd been careful to cultivate . |
| 8 | The cab stopped at the street intersection he 'd been given , his passenger paid him , took time drawing on his gloves until the cab was gone . |
| 9 | No wonder he 'd been so eager to sign her on as Anna 's companion . |
| 10 | What a fool he 'd been ! |
| 11 | But his attitude he 'd been taught to get on and do things so that he would be painting the back of the house or going on with his hobby or doing jobs on the car . |
| 12 | She said he was from Moila , and ever since he was a boy he 'd been a sort of con artist , and could get away with anything- ’ |
| 13 | His brow cleared after the terrific mental exercise he 'd been putting in . |
| 14 | The frightened nervous wretch he 'd been . |
| 15 | Also , the mic was n't giving off the warm , mucky sound he 'd been going for . |
| 16 | She dragged up that other business he 'd been foolish enough to confide in her , that lost girl with the golden voice . |
| 17 | He really must try to explain to Carol about the mixed consciousness-raising group he 'd been in . |
| 18 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 19 | He hated the room he 'd been given as his own , with the picture of Tony Greig that someone had taken from his room in Primrose Cottage and pinned up on the wall , and the pictures of Greg Chappell , who 'd once played for Somerset , and Brian Close . |
| 20 | A third guard in the van , Anthony Edwards , told the court he 'd been petrified he might be shot . |
| 21 | Besides these photographs were Pedro 's polo helmet , which now had a map of the Malvinas stamped on the front ( which Angel always wore in matches ) , and a jar of earth he 'd dug up from the Islands on the day he 'd been sent home as a prisoner of war . |
| 22 | Steve Kay , the friend he 'd been out with , says it 's just an example of how Swindon 's becoming a dangerous place to live in . |
| 23 | He was n't wearing the suit he 'd been wearing in Furnival Gardens . |
| 24 | He had n't on the one occasion he 'd been there — in fact they 'd treated him rather badly , although he did n't like to admit as much . |
| 25 | Something in her voice made him ease back on the throttle , decide not to pass the Renault Turbo lorry he 'd been stalking . |
| 26 | Now was obviously not the time to confront Feargal and ask what the devil he 'd been talking about . |
| 27 | He put aside a newspaper he 'd been going to read and jumped out of his cab . |
| 28 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 29 | When he 'd appeared with her breakfast Penry Vaughan had been reasonably friendly — and in the middle of the night he 'd been kindness itself after her nightmare . |
| 30 | All week he 'd been trying not to think . |