Example sentences of "'d be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with .
2 She 'd been here on Friday , and he had n't !
3 They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia .
4 They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia .
5 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 .
6 They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks .
7 He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like .
8 Why , it was almost half-past ten , yet there was no Ace , nor any signs that he 'd been downstairs before her .
9 I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away .
10 ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 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 !
13 and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean
14 He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ?
15 I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here .
16 Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday .
17 But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it .
18 No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed .
19 He 'd been right about Bryce .
20 I 'd seen no sign of Mala , but I had n't expected it , since she 'd been right about us being less obvious if we were apart .
21 How could she confess that they 'd been right about Ryan ?
22 He 'd been right about the shelter of the hedge .
23 I 'd been right about the biological cleaners .
24 I 'd been right about Lloyd 's two-tone shoes though I had expected him to put socks on , and I was wrong about the hat — it was a white Panama .
25 He 'd been right about Mrs Aitken having gone to some trouble .
26 It appeared that she 'd been right about Harry Martin 's being behind the attempts to intimidate her .
27 And she 'd been right about the red roses .
28 He 'd been right about the entire day : the fountains in Rome , the quiet beauty of the little villages they passed and the gentle sweep of the campagna .
29 I 'd been right in thinking that he was n't seriously hurt , and they soon had him well again .
30 When she 'd been right round the edges of the roof and gathered all the flowers into a bunch , she climbed down the ladder and began to walk along the back path out of the village .
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