Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice was weary , as if this was the fourth time he 'd been called by his father that evening . |
| 2 | It was the first time he 'd been really alone since the days when he 'd lived in a hole and had to go out hunting by himself because there was no one else . |
| 3 | He returned for his father 's funeral , the first time he 'd been back to Zimbala in seventeen years , and Jamel was able to persuade him to stay on as the new editor of the country 's leading daily newspaper , La Voix . |
| 4 | Oliffe 's job , according to his defence , was to fatten up animals over the winter , and this was the first time he 'd been accused of ill-treating animals . |
| 5 | Boy called Daniel could n't write Daniel cos all last year he 'd been allowed to put Danny an he 'd forgotten how to write Daniel ! |
| 6 | And another boys name was Thomas and he could n't write that cos all last year he 'd been Tom an he 'd forgotten how to write his surname they 're not dim children both of them |
| 7 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 8 | She thought , as what she said registered and he looked towards the couch , that he looked grateful , and wondered if he was vaguely remembering that the last time he 'd been plastered he had spent the night on that same couch . |
| 9 | The last time he 'd been seen was in a fight outside a pub in Carshalton , just ten miles from where the body was found . |
| 10 | The last time he 'd been seen was in a fight outside a pub in Carshalton , ten miles from where the body was found . |