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 .
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