Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
2 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
3 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
4 | I 'd been there for Harry and the arrow had by-passed my heart . |
5 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
6 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
7 | ‘ You 'd been there for your holidays as a little boy ? |
8 | She 'd been there for less than two weeks when her employers discovered she has leukaemia . |
9 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
10 | ‘ We 'd been together for — since I was 17 . |
11 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
12 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
13 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
14 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
15 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
16 | He 'd been there for some time . |
17 | His body was cold-I think he 'd been there for hours . ’ |
18 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
19 | When he 'd been home for a month . |