Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I 'd been thinking of you only yesterday . |
| 2 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 3 | And she 'd been talking to him for about half an hour and well er her son had come up |
| 4 | And she 'd been coming to our house , Oh about fie or six years , and she said one day to Mary , that 's my wife , says you know , Not strange name , there 's not many of them about . |
| 5 | With her spread hand she could pinch both of her temples and she 'd been sitting like this for a some time , holding out the light . |
| 6 | ‘ I had jungle-boots on , and we 'd been walking through the forest all day . |
| 7 | We probably lost them on the Beltway , and they 'd been chasing round the Virginia countryside trying to pick me up … those things only have a range of about three miles . ’ |
| 8 | He 'd been funny , telling stories against himself of fiascos he had survived in the theatre , and he 'd been flattering in a subtle way . |
| 9 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 10 | He came in and he 'd been playing with this bloody lighter |
| 11 | The patient 's name was Wayne Benfield and he 'd been coming into the centre for daily dressings to an injured ankle . |
| 12 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 13 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 14 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 15 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |