Example sentences of "i [vb base] [conj] i [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 2 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 3 | I realise that I had been less than a block away , watching the drugstore explode . |
| 4 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 5 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
| 6 | I forget when I 've been away . |
| 7 | I said er I I imagine cos I 've been visiting his wife you see . |
| 8 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 9 | The message that I get when I try is Invalid media or Track 0 bad — disk unusable . |
| 10 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 11 | SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT I 've been sung to by Smokey Robinson for my whole life . |
| 12 | Anyway I feel that I 've been thoroughly tea 'd up . |
| 13 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
| 14 | In 1930 Nizan noted " I dislike the philosophy of oppressors because I feel that I have been the victim of oppression ; reconciliation with oppression does not strike me as a victory for freedom , but rather as a death sentence . " |
| 15 | I ask because I have been throwing out a raft of old notebooks and discovered some scrawled lines from years ago about the open air factor . |
| 16 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I think if I had been allowed to go on , there would still be a British film industry , ’ Forbes said in the late 1980s . |
| 18 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 19 | I admit that I have been known to curse on occasion and I often talk to my machine telling it ‘ You will not beat me so you 'd better start behaving ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The thing is , you see , I realize that I 've been rather stupid and rather selfish , and I 'd like to apologize . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |