Example sentences of "[noun] [that] he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 2 | It was at that moment , Ronni thought later , that Guido made up his mind that he 'd been wrong in associating Jeff with the disappearance of his speedboat . |
| 3 | But then he frowned , because the key that he 'd been expecting did n't appear anywhere in the picture — |
| 4 | I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making . |
| 5 | Half an hour later Maurin rang back and demanded to know if there was any truth in a story that he 'd been hurt and Barbara threatened . |
| 6 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 7 | I thought that , instead of speaking from his notes that he 'd been speaking from year after year , he was reassessing what he was doing . |
| 8 | and this is really sad , and he told me mum that he 'd been to a hairdressers and done it . |
| 9 | Why , it was almost half-past ten , yet there was no Ace , nor any signs that he 'd been downstairs before her . |
| 10 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |
| 11 | Whatever else you might say about him , he believed in things and he did what he thought was proper , so it was only right that he 'd been spared and was still out there in the world , somewhere . |
| 12 | Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day . |
| 13 | It went to Geoffrey 's head that he 'd been cast as Mullins , the pirate . |
| 14 | Some of his anecdotes from his student days were hilariously funny , featuring enough females in them to convince his listener that he 'd been the object of female adulation all his life until very recently . |
| 15 | In the week that he 'd been at the helm of the Anpetuwi ship there had been a remarkable change in atmosphere . |
| 16 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 17 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 18 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 19 | So much for Candy 's theory that he 'd been stalking Rory ! |
| 20 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 21 | Sometimes he thought that he 'd have liked nothing more than to be like Michael of the tarmac boys , gap-toothed and thick-headed and with no greater concern than that of pissing his money away at a speed roughly equal to that at which he made it , but he had to make do with the hand that he 'd been dealt — thin-skinned and solitary , one of nature 's observers . |
| 22 | And yet there was the suggestion that he 'd been just a little unlucky , perhaps ? |
| 23 | He told the recruiting officer that he 'd been a sergeant in the Boer War and boasted that he knew more about the Army than all these whipper-snappers who were waiting to join with him . |
| 24 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
| 25 | I knocked on his door and when he answered I could tell from his face that he 'd been crying . |
| 26 | Rumours that he 'd been kidnapped or murdered as part of the split that was rending the Provisionals and the old Republican idealists . |
| 27 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 28 | Two detectives accused of altering a suspect 's statement to conceal the fact that he 'd been unlawfully arrested have been cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice . |
| 29 | 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 . |