Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 2 | I was eventually given my clothes back , but they were all muddy and damp because I 'd been on gardens . |
| 3 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 4 | ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril . |
| 5 | I have n't been to Heathrow as much as I 'd been to Gatwick |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 7 | It had got considerably thicker while I 'd been eating . |
| 8 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 9 | So , of course , it was worth considerably more than I 'd been offered , and there were the most unpleasant suggestions flying around . |
| 10 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 11 | I would have been safer if I 'd been better at games or cleverer . |
| 12 | But I should have got higher if I 'd been stopping . |
| 13 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 14 | Because the tentacled exter was a living legend — of crime — as he had been for longer than I 'd been alive . |
| 15 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |
| 16 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a lot keener than I 'd been used to , because here you are not guaranteed a place . |