Example sentences of "'d been [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TOTALLY UNKNOWN US bluesman comes to Britain and gets schlepped into a studio to record with a bunch of locals who wish they 'd been born in America 's Deep South . |
| 2 | It was n't her real name and — like Horowitz — she 'd been born in Hungary . |
| 3 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 4 | And had Andy Thompson scored with a penalty after he 'd been fouled by Simon Sturridge , Turner would have been even more comfortable . |
| 5 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 6 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 7 | Shit all over the floor and the walls , " said a twenty-one-year-old machinist who 'd been banished to Coventry 's notorious Woodend estate . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , turning sharply on her and utilizing advice I 'd been given by Charlie about the treatment of women : Keep 'em keen , treat 'em mean . |
| 9 | ‘ When I found out you 'd been sacked by Mallender Marine , I thought you might be able to supply the proof I need . |
| 10 | Before Kevin Ryan came back from America and bought the Half House from the last improvident Hamilton , nephew of her mother 's first husband who 'd been killed at Tobruk . |
| 11 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 12 | Those who 'd been treated with AZT fared no better than for those who had n't . |
| 13 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 14 | Before I 'd been salvaged by Martinho and Mrs Goreng they 'd had a Frenchman and a Philadelphian about three years previous who 'd written uncomfortable stuff about starving kids , flattened villages , and summary executions . |
| 15 | But he was economising because he 'd been robbed in Spain . ’ |
| 16 | It went to Geoffrey 's head that he 'd been cast as Mullins , the pirate . |
| 17 | Next up was a hard-looking fellow I remembered as one of the surviving Africa veterans , a prodigal who 'd been seduced by Martinho but had redeemed himself by daring and sacrifice under Osvaldo — I was surprised he was still alive . |
| 18 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 19 | But what should I do now that I 'd been told about Belinda 's feelings ? |
| 20 | Mr George , who has lived with Gardiner 's wife Maggie for five years , said he 'd been told by Simon James that he ( James ) had driven Chalky White a to a place where Danny gardiner had killed him . |
| 21 | Topaz Chilcott would give her a sly looks She 'd been told by Tipper , who would n't leave the subject alone , that all tinkers were sly . |
| 22 | The Western powers — you 'll recall the reports — were shamed by the plight of hundreds of thousands of Kurds who 'd been encouraged by Bush to rise up against Saddam and who 'd ended as refugees scattered like strewn rags across mountains on the Turkey-Iraq border . |
| 23 | As they drove through rolling hills topped by Mohican clumps of trees and moved into the leafy green tunnels of Petersfield , his bride , who 'd been primed by Drew , put her hand on her husband 's cock and suggested that it would be more fun to stop and have their picnic in a field than join the crowds at Cowdray . |
| 24 | So how come you were so well informed , unless you 'd been primed by Lotta in the role of confederate ? ’ |
| 25 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 26 | A statement read to the coroner from Richard 's family doctor said he 'd been expelled from Millfield for throwing a brick through a teacher 's window . |
| 27 | A gallant Irishman who 'd been wounded at Dunkirk and invalided out . ’ |
| 28 | A few months later I saw two who 'd been evacuated from Sarajevo to Zagreb so they were still alive . |
| 29 | And she 'd been charmed with Bergerac itself . |
| 30 | Who was she , who 'd been crucified by Hamish 's departure , to hanker after someone else 's husband ? |