Example sentences of "but i [vb base] i have [be] " in BNC.

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1 But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s .
2 It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going .
3 Yes , we have , mm , but I suppose I 'd been because I do n't want the bother of , yes .
4 I do n't want to speak too soon , but I think I 've been fairly consistent this season . ’
5 To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood !
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