Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never been very good at big lies , and the thought of living one terrified me , but it was important that not only I , but the baby , should have some self-respect about its origins . |
| 2 | I was skinny but I 'd never been so healthy in my life . |
| 3 | I 'd only been back ten minutes when we started arguing again . |
| 4 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
| 5 | I had also been very friendly with Jeff Jukes and Max Hole ( Max is the managing director of Warner Brothers and Jeff manages the Fixx and Rupert Hine , a very established producer ) . |
| 6 | For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware . |
| 7 | For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware . |
| 8 | I had never been politically active before in-any organized way . |
| 9 | I had never been as stubborn or single-minded about anything else , or as insistent that things had to be a certain way . |
| 10 | I had never been so frightened in my whole life . |
| 11 | I had really been rather lumpish and dull during the drive from Fez : perhaps Flora had thought I had n't wanted her with us ? |
| 12 | It was Pop Art which had shot up , and I had always been very anti-Pop . |
| 13 | Her insistence seemed absurd in view of her own failed marriage , but I had always been too nervous to point this out , to ask what she made of the break in connection between the symbolism of the dress and the unassailability of the marriage vow . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | I do n't think I 've ever been so tired before or since as I was just that , that first year when we were probationer nurses . |
| 16 | I 've seldom been more embarrassed . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've ne'er been as glad of anything as when she went , ’ Gran said , harshly . |
| 18 | ‘ Louise is keen , like you say , but I 've always been completely honest with her . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've always been pretty open about my sexuality , ’ she says . |
| 20 | You see , I 've always been firmly convinced that I was homosexual . |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , it was n't hard for me to play a man ten years my junior , because I was not only physically younger but I 've always been emotionally immature . ’ |
| 22 | I 've always been totally honest , ’ she cried shakily . |
| 23 | I 've always been too shy to construct a tactic in order to attract women . |
| 24 | I 've always been too busy building up my business to spare time for more than a few brief affairs . ’ |
| 25 | No I 've always been perfectly healthy . |
| 26 | I 've always been so proud of you , Paula . |
| 27 | Maybe it works in the case of God ; I 've always been so afraid it would n't that I 've never tried it . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 29 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
| 30 | I 've always been very interested in the Hundred Years ’ War . |