Example sentences of "[that] he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 2 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The 18-year-old who caused the accident admitted that he 'd been driving recklessly . |
| 5 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 6 | I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making . |
| 7 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
| 8 | He could n't believe what he 'd done , that he 'd been into Mrs Wright 's house , into her bedroom even , when she was out . |
| 9 | Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours . |
| 10 | The other thing that was said about him , particularly towards the end , after the U-turn on economic policy , was that he 'd been captured by his officials , and that he also , in the end , rather relished the company of the permanent secretaries more than he did his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 11 | If it was n't for Winnie — so understanding , knowing that he 'd been tricked , snared in this vile trap — he knew not what he 'd do . |
| 12 | I thought that , instead of speaking from his notes that he 'd been speaking from year after year , he was reassessing what he was doing . |
| 13 | He said that he 'd been there three weeks . |
| 14 | If someone had told him that he 'd been angry a moment before , he would 've denied it . |
| 15 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 16 | He may well be a transvestite , but I ca n't help wondering whether the make-up was simply a blind to ‘ Prove ’ , as it were , that he 'd been to a party that night , in case anyone picked him up . |
| 17 | I knocked on his door and when he answered I could tell from his face that he 'd been crying . |
| 18 | He told the recruiting officer that he 'd been a sergeant in the Boer War and boasted that he knew more about the Army than all these whipper-snappers who were waiting to join with him . |
| 19 | Ron said that he 'd been preparing an obituary of Lord Mountbatten for some time , that Mountbatten had somehow got wind of it and had approached the BBC with a view to taking part . |
| 20 | Rumours that he 'd been kidnapped or murdered as part of the split that was rending the Provisionals and the old Republican idealists . |
| 21 | He 'd told them once that he 'd been married . |
| 22 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 23 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 24 | A DEAF mute who was stopped by police for erratic driving told a court yesterday that he 'd been ‘ chatting ’ to his passenger in sign language . |
| 25 | Mansell , who also revealed that he 'd been offered more than twice his wages to go back to Ferrari , added : ‘ Ayrton 's spoiled , always has been — even when he was a kid kart racer . |
| 26 | He 's great , he came round very soon with a lot of dignity — he just accepted that he 'd been wrong . |
| 27 | Peter thought that he 'd been a fool to imagine that there might be something wrong between his hosts ; he put it down to an overactive imagination coloured by wishful thinking . |
| 28 | ‘ He made out that he 'd gone to take a nostalgic look at it , and of course he never said he 'd tried to get in , or that he 'd been before … |
| 29 | ‘ Only that he 'd been abroad . |
| 30 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |