Example sentences of "who 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have what done ? ’ asked the child who 'd been listening . |
| 2 | Luce glanced at Michele , who 'd been listening . |
| 3 | A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building . |
| 4 | It is a work that could have been written by a man who 'd been writing operas for twenty years and it introduced me to Ben 's remarkable sense of theatre . |
| 5 | There was one occasion when the addled eggs came in handy for pelting a kid on a motorbike who 'd been riding up and down outside our house all evening and making a terrible noise . |
| 6 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 7 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 8 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 9 | I talked to the boy who 'd been trying to help this Frome — trying to get him to vomit it up , and so on . |
| 10 | Their bodies were discovered when friends who 'd been trying to contact one of the women became worried and called the police . |
| 11 | He was run over by thieves who 'd been trying to steel aluminimum worth less than two hundred pounds . |
| 12 | On trial at Worcester Crown Court were thirty year old Jamie Ray , a Californian who 'd been staying in England , James Lovelidge from London who 's twenty seven and unemployed , and Michael Rock , a forty one year old French Canadian who was living in London . |
| 13 | Oh , ’ she pushed Nathan forward , who 'd been hanging sullenly back , making it apparent he thought this visit nowhere near as entertaining as prowling Arcady with the others . |
| 14 | I 'm glad you do n't try to be what you are n't , ’ he said gravely , beckoning the waiter who 'd been leaning wearily against the door-jamb . |
| 15 | The umpires conferred , then , like Tweedledum and Tweedledee in their striped shirts , cantered over to the third man in the stands , who 'd been gazing at Mrs Sherwood at the time and missed the incident altogether , and who now waved his down-turned palms back and forth to indicate no foul . |
| 16 | He 's costing me a fortune in tights — I wondered who 'd been taking them at first . |
| 17 | They 're being sold by an enthusiast who 'd been collecting the models since he was a boy . |
| 18 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 19 | A court has heard how a father gunned down a drugs dealer who 'd been supplying his sons with cannabis . |
| 20 | He wanted to know how I 'd been getting on , and who 'd been helping me out . |
| 21 | The debt counsellor who 'd been helping the Harrises said Dorend Ltd had agreed to wave interest of around £30,000 . |
| 22 | After it was removed to make more space , it was given to the Earl of Harcourt who 'd been planning to build a gothic folly in the grounds of his Nuneham Courtney estate . |
| 23 | I was disillusioned with all the experts who 'd been predicting one thing or another ; they obviously did n't know any more than anybody else . |
| 24 | When we left the headman 's house we were joined by a group of young boys who 'd been waiting outside with their dogs , and by other men from houses that we passed along the way . |
| 25 | But the red bitch , who 'd been standing nearby , had sensed the aggression and , all of a sudden , crouching low to the ground and snarling , she lunged towards him . |
| 26 | I accompanied them into the street where they rejoined the boy who 'd been standing look-out . |
| 27 | He had the look of a man who 'd been pacing about restlessly , his tie loose about his throat , his shirt collar undone . |
| 28 | The woman has been identified as a 32 year old from the Bristol area , who 'd been missing since early on Friday , but detectives wo n't name her until her family have been told . |
| 29 | Mr Probyn is being questioned about the death of his wife , Tanya , who was 28 , and who 'd been missing for six days before her body was found in her car in the River Severn . |
| 30 | They could n't catch this stallion : it was in a loose box and it got on top of the chap who 'd been leading it . |