Example sentences of "'d been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe he thought that since there 'd been sixty-odd quid in my bag there 'd be more on my person , and he only had to wait till I nodded off and then he 'd nick it and away . |
| 2 | He 'd been sure Joe was dead when they left him . |
| 3 | When Ma had come home from London with her there 'd been great excitement , and Edward and his brother Billy had looked at the mite as if she were a fairy found among the budding snowdrops . |
| 4 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |
| 5 | Now , as I said , there 'd been various answers er , to this , throughout history , one of the most interesting and significant as far as we 're concerned , in studying Freud and the social sciences , was er , that of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes . |
| 6 | There 'd been pink wine , Rose Anjou 1969 on the label , celebrating the completion of the first half of his father 's book on the shore lark . |
| 7 | There 'd been numerous dark arched carved-wood doors leading off the hall , most of which she had still to investigate … |
| 8 | She 'd been surprised Carol had offered to ice it , for Carol had never been domesticated . |
| 9 | yeah I know , actually if it 'd been different equipment I would have cancelled it and said oh sod it , but it 's not , it 's same equipment , so you might as well wait for it |
| 10 | And poems in a novel simply did n't work ; they 'd been crap poems anyway . |
| 11 | There 'd been Holy Communion at eight this morning , and afternoon prayers . |
| 12 | SHe 'd been entertaining Nathan in Tammuz 's office , messing with the computer . |
| 13 | I 'd been half-hoping Vecchi might show before I sent Laura Channing out to what might develop into target-practice . |
| 14 | They 'd been minor royalty in some petty , pre-Independence kingdom . |
| 15 | While declaring undying love for me she 'd been busy making herself a small fortune giving kiss-and-tell interviews to some tabloid rag . ’ |