Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i [verb] been in " in BNC.
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1 | I have been in favour of regional government for as long as I have been in politics . |
2 | It was not until I had been in the camp some days that I learnt the full story of the past . |
3 | Just because I 've been in front of a camcorder ! |
4 | Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe . |
5 | I remembered how once when I had been in a crowd teasing an awkward boy at school I had noticed his terror and been glad I was not him . |
6 | But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’ |
7 | Even when I 've been in hospital , for this , the two of you gang up . ’ |
8 | Secondly , on the issue of the precedents for making a defendant prove his defence in the way in which the Bill requires , I argue that every year — certainly since I have been in the House — we have created numerous new offences which have defences attached to them , usually for those who can show that they acted reasonably or that they used due diligence to ensure that they avoided committing an offence . |