Example sentences of "'d been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'd been services in St Simon and St Jude 's every day this week . |
| 2 | They 'd been part of an 8-man patrol , call sign Bravo-2-0 , whose task was to seek and destroy the mobile Scud launchers with which Saddam Hussein was attacking Israel . |
| 3 | McLaren , the 22-year-old Hearts defender , told me recently that when he made his World Cup debut against Italy ( the game where he was asked to mark Roberto Baggio ) , the fact that he 'd been part of the squad at the European Championship finals , as well as playing a couple of games on the tour of North America last year , were of immeasurable assistance in making the step up . |
| 4 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 5 | We 'd been friends for so long , we could n't understand what was happening . ’ |
| 6 | There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely . |
| 7 | All those years ago after we 'd been friends for a couple of months or so ( and he 'd borrowed quite a bit more money off me ) , I confessed to him that I was being persecuted by a thug called Dudley . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd been friends for 30 years but ‘ discovered ’ each other when Misia became a widow . |
| 9 | There was none to be seen in this small guest room , but there 'd been shelves of them lining two walls in the sitting-room overlooking the Thames . |
| 10 | In the past there 'd been cases of children who were witches . |
| 11 | Earlier there 'd been demonstrations at the Moat House hotel in the city where a conference was being held . |
| 12 | Earlier there 'd been demonstrations at the Moat House hotel in the city where a conference was being held . |
| 13 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 14 | There 'd been incidents of violence between gangland type er warfare between inmates . |
| 15 | ‘ Dare Say certainly deserved this change of luck as he 'd been second in three of his four races so far this term . ’ |
| 16 | Previously he 'd been president of Memorex' international group . |
| 17 | Well Of course came the War and and er like for about twelve years like before the War I 'd been president of the Hosiery Finishers Association . |
| 18 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 19 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |
| 20 | There was so much to say , and if they 'd been face to face she would have poured it all out , but as it was … |
| 21 | Because th th th th there , there 'd been statements from Mao until the end of nineteen forty five where he 's still talking about land to the tiller being some way off |
| 22 | There 'd been months of preparation and delays because of the weather . |
| 23 | There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . |
| 24 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 25 | Because there 'd been arguments about it earlier on in the century , had n't there ? |
| 26 | A hundred years ago they might have made sense , due to ignorance : like the child said , there 'd been talk of witches . |
| 27 | They 'd been almost-friends for six years . |
| 28 | It took something away from everyone , whether they 'd been IP in the past or not . |