Example sentences of "'d be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 2 | They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks . |
| 3 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 4 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 5 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 6 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 7 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 8 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 9 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 10 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 11 | I 'd been there for Harry and the arrow had by-passed my heart . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd been there for your holidays as a little boy ? |
| 13 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 14 | They demanded that everybody get out of their way so they could launch their boat , while people who 'd been there for the best of the tide were already bringing their craft out . |
| 15 | His body was cold-I think he 'd been there for hours . ’ |
| 16 | Once at the hospital , Liz was taken to the delivery room immediately and Mark went off to find the waiting room , which was full of exhausted partners who 'd been there for hours . |
| 17 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 18 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 19 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
| 20 | She 'd been there for less than two weeks when her employers discovered she has leukaemia . |
| 21 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
| 22 | ‘ It was a crowd of boys who 'd been together for years — somebody was always up to something . |
| 23 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'd been together for — since I was 17 . |
| 25 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 27 | When he 'd been home for a month . |