Example sentences of "they 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake . |
| 2 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 3 | ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’ |
| 4 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 5 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 6 | It had one of the best acoustic sound-dubbing rooms in Europe — they 'd been fitted out some time in the thirties to be used for putting soundtracks on to movies . |
| 7 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 8 | But , at that time , none of us had seen Hell in person We 'd seen a picture of The Heartbreakers that Malcolm had brought back from New York — the one in which it was meant to look like they 'd been shot in the heart but in fact looked like they d all had the same accident with a ketchup bottle . |
| 9 | They 'd been happy behind their cork and we 'd torn down their cover . |
| 10 | Thanks to Charlie boy , they 'd been able to splash a bit on the wedding and Marilyn could have the white satin and the four bridesmaids she 'd set her heart on . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'd been pals since they were schoolkids . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They 'd been to other schools and the standard is high ? |
| 13 | They 'd been planning it , moving , for a year . |
| 14 | It was a secret they 'd been in the house . |
| 15 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |
| 16 | Dot wondered if they 'd been arguing . |
| 17 | They felt as if they 'd been scoured out with a Brillo pad . |
| 18 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 19 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 20 | They might just possibly have been able to find the morning 's path if they 'd been starting again from the road , but tracking backwards was incredibly difficult . |
| 21 | And poems in a novel simply did n't work ; they 'd been crap poems anyway . |
| 22 | The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before . |
| 23 | Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while . |
| 24 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 25 | He had a feeling that they 'd been waiting right from the start of the trip . |
| 26 | She and Maggie worked at The Haven hotel where they 'd been employed since leaving school three years previously . |
| 27 | When they 'd been in The Lobster Pot , and afterwards , there had been a tremendous rapport between them . |
| 28 | So they 'd been talking about it already . |
| 29 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 30 | They 'd been seen boarding the street-car with Joey still asking — ‘ Where 's Noreen ? ’ |