Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me proudly how he 'd been there a few times in the past . |
| 2 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 3 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |
| 4 | The next thing he recalled after that was waking up in hospital and this man with bandaged fingers in the next bed rambling on about a duffle-coat and how he 'd been bitten by a wolf . |
| 5 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 6 | Anyway he immediately started saying how he 'd been a Leeds fan since the age of five and how his big ambition was to play for them ! |
| 7 | He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet . |
| 8 | Hugh was not an absolutely brilliant solicitor but he knew when he 'd been out-manoeuvred by a ruthless opponent . |
| 9 | That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight . |
| 10 | " I made that excuse for him last year when he 'd been with us six months . |
| 11 | All the same , he wished he 'd paid a little more attention to what had gone on when he 'd been leaving the depot so that he could have spotted when they carried out that trick with the form he was supposed to have dropped . |
| 12 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 13 | Naylor Massingham had not been the easiest of people to deal with when he 'd been in her home ; how would she fare now that she was , so to speak , on his territory ? |
| 14 | Philip rubbed the mist off the glass where he 'd been breathing on it . |
| 15 | Wee Charlie , aged seven and the youngest in the family , appeared out of the parlour where he 'd been playing . |
| 16 | Straining to see , he caught the sound of the pin tinkling to the floor a second before the metal object struck the wall of the container where he 'd been crouching . |
| 17 | He felt elated , warm-hearted at the sight of the place where he 'd been born . |
| 18 | It seemed pretty much like where he 'd been before . |
| 19 | And he did n't have to explain where he 'd been to a wife who has different ideas of a swinging time . |
| 20 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
| 21 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
| 22 | All these delays are particularly galling , as Jeremy was found less than two kilometres from the glacial lakes where he 'd been walking . |
| 23 | She 'd fixed the place where he 'd been , stooped to pick up her baggage , and gone after him , not doubting that it was he . |
| 24 | How Chant had longed then to return to the ether from where he 'd been summoned ; to shrug off the body which Sartori had congealed around him , and be gone out of this Dominion . |
| 25 | She used to wonder where he 'd been in the meantime , but not any more . |
| 26 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 27 | Erin kicked Khaur over to where he 'd been told to sit when the pilot first landed at the burrow to ferry them back to headquarters . |
| 28 | She wanted to rush into the sitting room and ask why , ask where he 'd been taken , but she knew she could not do that . |
| 29 | She heard Hitch mention where he 'd been taken . |
| 30 | He tried to remember where he 'd been last . |