Example sentences of "'d been [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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1 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
2 | We 'd been friends for so long , we could n't understand what was happening . ’ |
3 | There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ We 'd been friends for 30 years but ‘ discovered ’ each other when Misia became a widow . |
6 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
7 | They 'd been almost-friends for six years . |