Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] i have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reverend thought oh yes he 'd be very very glad of you , so he said I 'd be prepared to visit the sick , I 'd do anything like that and he did in fact start doing some visiting , and among other people that he called upon was a person living in Road , not very far really from where I 'd been born and I knew the area well . |
| 2 | I 'm a geologist — that bit was true — and until recently I 've been working in Sydney . |
| 3 | Three weeks ago I found a lump in one of my breasts and since then I 've been paralysed with fear . |
| 4 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 5 | Since then I 've been thinking it over and I 've come up with an idea . |
| 6 | Ever since then I 've been trying to get the speed back . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The organiser asked me if I wanted to see how the money was spent and since then I 've been hooked . ’ |
| 8 | I spent three months in the Canaries , and since then I 've been travelling between England and Ireland . |
| 9 | Since then I have been trying to gain recognition from Technics . |
| 10 | ‘ I have not decided whether to appeal because I have not yet officially been informed as to why I have been fined ’ he said . |
| 11 | Early on a Sunday morning I walked up Plateros and then through the narrow streets to where I had been told a bus , colectivo — some form of transport — would leave . |
| 12 | From the far edge of the terrace I could see down to where I had been lying only an hour or two before . |
| 13 | Up till then I 'd been using Rickenbackers , and a ‘ 65 Telecaster I 'd bought which had been my main instrument for writing the material . |
| 14 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 15 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 16 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 17 | By then I had been released to the Toko-ru on my own recognisance , that is an abject willingness to betray my comrades and help the malais in every way . |