Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
| 2 | I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’ |
| 3 | Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times . |
| 4 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 5 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 6 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 7 | I 've been around this house for |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 9 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 10 | I 've been in this position loads of times , like . |
| 11 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 13 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 14 | I mean I have been into this window frame business . |
| 15 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |
| 16 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |
| 17 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , I must confess I have been in this house before . |
| 19 | I have been in this city a week today . |
| 20 | ‘ I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up . |