Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 2 | Neither oor Joy nor me have ever been handy . |
| 3 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
| 4 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 6 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 7 | ( I subsequently had ( 27 April ) a site meeting with an EGBT official , who completed a proposal form on the spot — however , the funding aspects are not my main concern here ; suffice it to say , 1 ) that I have always been confident that funding would be secured from one source or another , and 2 ) that my direct approach to SNH was done only because I had indications that their project approvals took months rather than weeks — something I have subsequently been assured is not true ) . |
| 8 | We lived for a year in a cottage attached to a remote farm — so remote that I have never been able to find it again . |
| 9 | Because of my very varied upbringing I have found that I have never been able to analyse the political effects of any discrimination . |
| 10 | It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope . |
| 11 | The colour is obvious with a telescope , but I confess that I have never been able to detect it with binoculars , even × 20 . |
| 12 | There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life . |
| 13 | After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it . |
| 14 | and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking . |
| 16 | It 's same as , what ow she 's gone into hospital with her , you know , and I 'd actually been that day , you know what I mean , I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not cross , 'cos I do n't mind . |
| 17 | They 're not actually erm , using the D S O , and I 've just been involved in the |
| 18 | And I 've never been carol-singing in April before . |
| 19 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 20 | But as I say , I 've never seen anything , and I 've never been able to find anybody who can provide that answer for me . |
| 21 | I am aware of the difficult times that other theatre companies who actually face in this moment in time and I am very grateful when I and I 've always been grateful to the Harlow Council for the funding of the Council has given to the theatre , has given to the theatre over the years . |
| 22 | The first pair of real hiking boots I ever had were Daisy Roots and I 've always been impressed by their comfort . |
| 23 | And I 've always been mature for my age . ’ |
| 24 | Before I went to Miss Havisham 's and met Estella , I had always wanted to be apprenticed to Joe , and I had always been happy at home , in spite of my sister 's scolding . |
| 25 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 26 | ‘ Susan and I have never been social butterflies , ’ Breeze explained with dignity , ‘ and I do n't think we shall be able to entertain much . |
| 27 | Fenella and I have always been close . |
| 28 | ‘ Len and I have always been good mates . |
| 29 | I rise to support the motion moved in Mr name and I have always been opposed to fox hunting full stop . |
| 30 | I usually stand up when a lady enters the room ( if the lady in question is one of those battling Berthas from Bermondsey who staff the Informer office , her subsequent confusion delights me ) , and I have always been anxious to place my education and superior talents at the service of the Radical Left . |