Example sentences of "'d been [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wiltshire Coroner John Elgar recorded a verdict of death by natural causes , saying there was no reason to suggest there 'd been a lack of care or self-neglect . |
| 2 | There 'd been a smell of roses , and of coffee . |
| 3 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 4 | After that , there 'd been a bit of a void between floundering furiously in the deep waters of the Mediterranean — her denims weighing her down and her bikini-top , evidently not refastened securely enough , doing a treacherous disappearing act — and being hauled into strong male arms , dragged aboard a strange boat , then deposited on a plush banquette seat , feeling decidedly under-dressed for the occasion … |
| 5 | At least , she thought she was — until the day before her flight , when a DSD representative phoned and told her there 'd been a change of plan . |
| 6 | I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk . |
| 7 | If there 'd been a trail of destruction down the road , then fair enough , but |
| 8 | Liese 's father owned a chain of garages : he 'd been a prisoner of war , had married an English girl . |
| 9 | There 'd been a decade of de-skilling said Mr Kinnock , but Labour would set in motion a national training strategy . |
| 10 | There 'd been a repeat of the sensational reports about Waite — he 'd died of a heart attack in an Iranian prison camp and his body returned to Beirut , or the island of Cyprus was on alert for his imminent release — and a three-day series on all the hostages in the Independent , but there was still no questioning of government policy nor a proper analysis of what was really happening . |
| 11 | There 'd been a photograph of it in the paper , across someone 's hedge , its wings in a tree . |
| 12 | In 1984 he had nothing left to prove — he was successful , shooting stock shots for The Image Bank , which he 'd been a director of for six years . |
| 13 | We also gave other reasons at the time , erm principally the road , because the access fronting onto the A forty four there by the proposed site , there 'd been a number of accidents and during the consultation period there were actually two people killed bang opposite the proposed entrance to that site at Swingswang . |
| 14 | It was the sixth time in a year he 'd been a victim of crime , but this time the culprits , two youths , had been arrested . |
| 15 | But as he cut into one using a power saw , an alarm sounded , and he realised there 'd been a leak of radioactive tritium gas . |
| 16 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 17 | She said he was from Moila , and ever since he was a boy he 'd been a sort of con artist , and could get away with anything- ’ |
| 18 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |
| 19 | Crazy , impulsive , illogical it might have been , but somewhere deep inside there 'd been a feeling of inevitability about it … |
| 20 | There 'd been a lot of changes under the malais , I 'll give them that , even if most of the development was for reasons of military necessity and accomplished , like the Japanese for whom they had more than a sneaking admiration , with forced-draft labour . |
| 21 | The promised home help had n't turned up despite several letters , and there 'd been no sign of the district nurse over the weekend . |
| 22 | Because I 'd been the butt of her wit she remembered me . |
| 23 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 24 | Some of his anecdotes from his student days were hilariously funny , featuring enough females in them to convince his listener that he 'd been the object of female adulation all his life until very recently . |
| 25 | In their dealings in the office they 'd worked well together , achieved an excellent rapport regarding the PR for the business fair , but somehow he 'd been the model of teasing aloofness , apparently with more time for Stephanie Marsa than for Caroline . |
| 26 | What 's more , the girl in question was the Spanish girl who 'd been the cause of his being sacked by the Shakespeare School . |