Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] 've [adv] been " in BNC.
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1 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
2 | It would mean I mean we 've just been involved with one of the hospital because there 's an audit commission report on costs to hospital services . |
3 | I mean we 've just been to look at some others and upstairs and downstairs . |
4 | I mean we 've never been to it . |
5 | I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it . |
6 | I mean I 've already been offered well three or four jobs already like . |
7 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
8 | By the gardens , in the corner , they made er parts but I mean I 've never been in , in the factory , in their factory , but I do know that they made erm things for the motor industry . |
9 | I mean I 've certainly been very much helped in the time at Sussex when I 've been working part time by the men that I 've worked with |
10 | ‘ I mean I 've always been out of sorts , I 've always felt like this — oh , you know — almost as long as I can remember . ’ |
11 | We were all asked to sit down — which was absolutely unheard of — and then he said , ‘ Well , I expect you 've all been wondering how you got here … . ’ |
12 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
13 | Doreen rose to the occasion by smiling radiantly as she said , ‘ I doubt that I 've ever really been far away from Silas — at least I know I 've always been in his thoughts . ’ |
14 | I know you 've always been jealous of my success as a model , but I wo n't allow you to ruin things for Garry and me . ’ |
15 | Erm and as part of that committee I believe we 've not been very successful . |
16 | I believe they 've now been altered . |
17 | I know I should n't talk like this , but Brendan was the best fuck I ever had , and I guess I 've just been feeling guilty towards my family for enjoying it . ’ |
18 | ‘ I suppose we 've both been racing long enough now to know racing is racing . |
19 | I think they 've either been priced wrong or somebody had |
20 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
21 | I think we 've probably been a bit lax about checking them out . ’ |
22 | The same for rehearsals — I think we 've all been there and discovered the dos and don'ts , and they 're pretty obvious anyway . |
23 | ‘ I think we 've all been rather turning our minds away from that one , ’ brayed Canon Wheeler , embarrassedly eyeing the unfortunate arrival of the boeuf en croûte . |
24 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
25 | you did erm , I think you 've not been asked to do , to say anything about have you had any serious illnesses at all . |
26 | ‘ I think you 've just been unlucky . ’ |
27 | I do n't know , Mr Chairman , I think you 've always been very keen on this trend and supported it fully . |
28 | I think I 've always been an optimist . |
29 | I said we 've just been really busy . |
30 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |