Example sentences of "but he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their veteran spokesman thundered occasionally from the back benches , but he 'd been banished to the backwoods by popular opinion . |
| 2 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 3 | We 'd entered him in the Novice section , but he 'd been upgraded in the meantime . |
| 4 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |
| 5 | He had only one more room to do , he said , and he should have finished long before this but he 'd been badly delayed in the car on the other side of the dining car , which he had in his care also . |
| 6 | Whitehall would have known , but he 'd been told nothing . |
| 7 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 8 | He looked better , but he 'd been in and out of his wits so many times in the past weeks there was no knowing . |
| 9 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 10 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 11 | It was not his plan , but he 'd been outmanoeuvred and he knew it . |
| 12 | It was surprising , now he came to think of it , that this had n't scared him off , but he 'd been lulled by her flippancy . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ said Preston , but he 'd been shaken , too . |
| 14 | The same old crowd , but he 'd been seeing much less of them . |
| 15 | But he 'd been right , had n't he ? |
| 16 | I think he was an Aberdonian really the way he spoke anyway but he 'd been brought up in Blair Gowrie . |
| 17 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 18 | He knew he should n't have hit the animal , but he 'd been angry . |
| 19 | But he 'd been in his prime then , a match for any King Lud who 'd taken it into his weak head to break into the Dallam weaving sheds , in the dead of night , and start smashing his machines to bits . |
| 20 | Dear God , but he 'd been angry . |
| 21 | Then the , the Assistant Secretary for Education was erm a very interesting chap erm he was a Mr A O D and erm he was , he had erm an elementary school background , he had n't a degree or any qualification but he 'd been in so long that er he 'd worked his way up to erm , s erm to Assistant Secretary for Education and he was a jolly chap and erm and he produced a , a dictionary of erm , of the Suffolk dialect which has became quite erm , quite a classic work really |
| 22 | I 'd got the riding gear from Duncan , but he 'd been unable to come up with a red helmet with black visor . |
| 23 | Guido had said she could have a day off , just to get acclimatised , but he 'd been firm that the lessons should start immediately after that . |
| 24 | As she climbed out of bed and opened the curtain Fran had no idea which it was , but he 'd been right . |
| 25 | She had n't wanted to take the four months ' pay from Nicolo , but he 'd been coldly adamant . |
| 26 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |