Example sentences of "i have be [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd told her I 'd been away filming in Scotland that night . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd been so used to my , freedom . |
| 3 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 4 | I 'd been too diverted by the Unwins ' rejoicings . |
| 5 | I had been particularly struck by William Rees-Mogg 's column in the Independent on the day after the first leadership ballot . |
| 6 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 7 | ‘ Brush ’ was the operative word , for I had been almost swept into oblivion . |
| 8 | She could not have known how very distressing I had found the parting of mother and child ; how I had been almost haunted by the memory of that day , of the poignancy of a mother kissing her baby goodbye . |
| 9 | I had been quite spoilt by now and anyway I had had my fill of walking alongside modern day roads , so I took the bus to Lochranza . |
| 10 | It was quite a shock , and I thought how lucky I had been never to get into a violent argument with him while he was carrying the clubs . ’ |
| 11 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 12 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 13 | But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's never been something I 've been immediately faced by . |
| 15 | I 've been publicly blamed for letting the team down — vilified by the Press ! |
| 16 | I 've been mainly thinking about G.P. |
| 17 | And I have been particularly inspired by this : I was impressed that many of us say that " Few understand a philosophical rhetor , and many understand rustic speech " . |
| 18 | I do n't know which is most unlikely , but after studying in Louisiana , and spending a ghastly summer and a magical Christmas in New York , I have been savagely bitten by the travel bug , while writing the novel has become a way of life . ’ |
| 19 | I have been indecently assaulted by many a wise old family physician in my time : the passion for mammary examination — which has saved almost no lives at all over the past few years , it now appears-has been fomented and encouraged by male doctors . |
| 20 | As is my usual practice , I pruned the first year 's growth back hard to produce several stems instead of just one , and I have been well rewarded for my efforts . |
| 21 | Since my return I have been busily employed in recommencing my work on the Birds of Australia … |
| 22 | His dominant inclination ( he wrote ) had always been towards philosophy , " and even in my philological studies I have been most attracted by those topics which seemed important for the history of philosophy or for ethical and aesthetic problems " . |
| 23 | This year I have been immensely saddened by the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , and of the Duke and Duchess of York . |
| 24 | I have been increasingly irritated by the recent series of double page advertisements for Proscar ( finasteride ) . |
| 25 | I say here that I have been gratefully assisted by the reports and evidence of Mr Peter and Mr David from Hunstead Park in this case . |
| 26 | During the last 12 months I have been very encouraged with the way you have continued to work effectively — meeting deadlines that seemed impossible and coming up with ideas for cost savings within your own departments . |
| 27 | there is no doubt about the matter at all that power as constables I have been inadvertently removed by the Department of Transport that is reality . |
| 28 | Since my dramatic arrival on the fishkeeping scene , I have been constantly troubled by reporters hiding in my filter , dustbins , and under the coal in my bath , all seeking to catch me with a fishkeeping grouper . |
| 29 | I have been helpfully referred to a number of authorities relating to costs , beginning with the decision of the Court of Appeal in Scherer v. Counting Instruments Ltd . |
| 30 | I have been greatly encouraged by our recent form . |