Example sentences of "'d [be] involved " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been involved with bands all those years and could play a bit of music but he never quite got the hang of the idea of written music . |
| 2 | When I was a postgraduate student , for example , I was about to embark on a research project on a topic I 'd been involved in for many years . |
| 3 | I 'd seen plenty of funerals , but this was the first I 'd been involved in and I was fascinated by the splendid flowers and the well-groomed horses of the hearse and I forgot , for a moment , my fear . |
| 4 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd been involved in that plane near miss on the way to York which would have frightened anyone and it was hard to concentrate properly . |
| 6 | She 'd been involved with fairs and circuses since the age of fourteen , when she 'd run off with a Wall of Death rider on his motorbike . |
| 7 | On the one hand , you wanted to play down the sleaze factor , not let it be thought that you 'd been involved with hundreds of men , that you slept with just anyone . |
| 8 | Zen had told them he 'd been involved in a traffic accident , which had got a good laugh all round when it emerged that he was from Venice . |
| 9 | by that time I 'd been involved with . |
| 10 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I 'd been involved with his case two or three years ago , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ because the best shot you have is on direct appeal . |
| 12 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 13 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |
| 14 | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with the Syrians four years ago after allegations that they 'd been involved in trying to below up and Israeli airliner . |