Example sentences of "[vb past] that he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours . |
| 2 | Pascoe realized that he 'd been asking questions that Susan had n't answered . |
| 3 | The 18-year-old who caused the accident admitted that he 'd been driving recklessly . |
| 4 | Mansell , who also revealed that he 'd been offered more than twice his wages to go back to Ferrari , added : ‘ Ayrton 's spoiled , always has been — even when he was a kid kart racer . |
| 5 | He revealed that he 'd been intending to do an act at the Easter Fete but had abandoned it because he 'd decided it was a load of rubbish . |
| 6 | He laughed , and then added that he 'd been drunk as a cork himself actually , the night before . |
| 7 | Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror . |
| 8 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 9 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |
| 10 | He spoke very warmly of his parents , but I felt that he 'd been a lonely child . |
| 11 | Besides , he probably felt that he 'd been made to look foolish , and men do hate that . |
| 12 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 13 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 14 | They knew that he 'd been here . |
| 15 | Peter thought that he 'd been a fool to imagine that there might be something wrong between his hosts ; he put it down to an overactive imagination coloured by wishful thinking . |
| 16 | He said that he 'd been there three weeks . |
| 17 | Ron said that he 'd been preparing an obituary of Lord Mountbatten for some time , that Mountbatten had somehow got wind of it and had approached the BBC with a view to taking part . |
| 18 | and quite a lot of the nurses used to walk their nurses , I mean they 're er war trained and unarmed combat and they 're wardens , let's face it , they 're not nurses , and one of them was saying to me , oh we had a fellow in the other day , he 'd , he 'd a , fallen up the police stations steps I think erm , he said that he 'd been to see the do gooders , he had this interview |
| 19 | He 's great , he came round very soon with a lot of dignity — he just accepted that he 'd been wrong . |
| 20 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |