Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [be] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told my mother where I had been without explanation as to why I had chosen not to go to our own church , and she said nothing . |
| 2 | I was 19-years-old and , although I had been in action bombarding the Normandy coast and seen ships lost , the thought of this new venture alarmed me . |
| 3 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
| 4 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 5 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 6 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 7 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 8 | I just need er , some that I think are on level five and some of them I think are there |
| 9 | That I think is in accordance with a common sense application of the paragraph . |
| 10 | In the nineteen years that I have been in Parliament , I can not think of anyone , save for Enoch Powell , who has been a more powerful advocate of liberal economics than John Biffen . |
| 11 | But , can I say this that what mattered most to me was the fact that I have been in conversation with so many people and to be able to allow that conversation to affect my faith and a faith that I have to proclaim day by day and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpits of my church . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 13 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
| 14 | Carson Buchanan , Alf Jacobson and I had been in charge of the arrangements and a liberal supply of liquid refreshment was on hand to demonstrate our hospitality as ‘ The Friendly City ’ . |
| 15 | And Salford-born Phelan , who has signed a five-year deal , admitted : ‘ My family and I have been through hell in the past couple of weeks and signing for City is such a relief . |
| 16 | You get somebody who is very outrageous on stage but who is maybe very shy off stage , and I think being on stage in front of an audience enables you to step outside of your own body and be somebody else totally different for that period of time . |
| 17 | Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out . |
| 18 | If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter . |
| 19 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 20 | I ca n't remember if I 've been in bathroom and picked them up , Steve 's getting a sod with him getting bath every night |
| 21 | I probably would not have done as well if I had been at work . |
| 22 | Asked why it had taken him 26 years to return , he said : ‘ I was n't invited till last year — though if I had been before perestroika , I would have thought not twice but 10 times about it , and I 'm not sure I would have come . ’ |
| 23 | After that I found that if I iver was in trouble far from home there 'd always be a Sligo man somewhere to help me . ’ |
| 24 | I should have called round sooner but I 've been on holiday and only returned yesterday to hear the news . |
| 25 | I have n't been away , but I 've been off work like |
| 26 | Before , I loved being at home but I loved being in work too and I do miss it , the girls and all . |
| 27 | But now I think , just because I 've been to prison there 's nothing wrong with me . |
| 28 | Just because I 've been in front of a camcorder ! |
| 29 | I 'd put on weight while I 'd been in bed , and the zip on my slacks would n't do up more than half-way . |
| 30 | While murmurs of hope return to the streets of Cardiff , Australian prepare for their 16th international against Wales with coach Bob Dwyer admits : ‘ A win here would go down alongside the best of our achievements while I have been in charge . ’ |