Example sentences of "[pron] 'd been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 2 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 3 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 5 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 6 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 7 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 8 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 9 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 10 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
| 11 | I 'd been thinking about this all the way back to London . |
| 12 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 13 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'd been thinking of you only yesterday . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd been thinking of it , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I 'd been thinking of you know things that that I had that can go . |
| 17 | Chris had insisted that if he was going to go out there , then so was I. I 'd been searching for a way out all night , but nothing convincing came to mind . |
| 18 | It was body language I 'd been counting on to win her round . |
| 19 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 20 | I 'd been loading for him , loading the t coal into tubs and tramming them . |
| 21 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 22 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 23 | I 'd been existing on two or three hours ' sleep a night . |
| 24 | Before I 'd been salvaged by Martinho and Mrs Goreng they 'd had a Frenchman and a Philadelphian about three years previous who 'd written uncomfortable stuff about starving kids , flattened villages , and summary executions . |
| 25 | ‘ Actually , I 'd been hanging around the street for quite some time . |
| 26 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 27 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 28 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 29 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 30 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |