Example sentences of "i have be [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I thought maybe I 'd been expecting too much . |
| 2 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 3 | I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived . |
| 4 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
| 5 | I felt as if I 'd been sitting there half the night . |
| 6 | I 'd been going round all morning and never seen him . |
| 7 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 8 | At first I thought I had been pushed too wide . |
| 9 | At breakfast , I had been given freshly home-made bread , and I felt at peace with the world . |
| 10 | The ostler , whose accent was almost unintelligible , muttered that on the night the murders had been committed , I had been hustled dead drunk out of the tavern and into the hands of strangers waiting in the yard . |
| 11 | ‘ So it does n't matter if I say no , ’ I said with some relief , for I had been feeling somewhat guilty at risking Thessy 's chances of making some money . |
| 12 | On a course recently someone suggested I had been talking too much and should be told to keep quiet . |
| 13 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 14 | Mr Deputy Speaker how right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , I 've been trying very hard methodically to stick these regulations , unfortunately when you get members ask you direct questions if one does n't get any kind of answer it gives the impression you 're ignoring them . |
| 15 | I 've been gone just two days , and when I return you 're in a stranger 's clothes with a bandaged hand , and an odd expression on your face . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , err … you know , I 've been getting rather anxious about my finals . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been getting up three times . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been getting ready all my life . |
| 19 | Perhaps I 've been watching too much television yes . |
| 20 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe you really do have that fast , incisive mind I 've been hearing so much about lately ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been hearing how marvellous you are , ’ said Ricky drily to Violet , ‘ but I 'd no idea how marvellous . |
| 23 | Aha , I worked in spooling , I 've been left now two year . |
| 24 | Erm I do n't know erm how it is like , as I say because I , I 've been left now ten years eleven , eleven in May er so erm I , I really , I do n't know what , how things are with the er with the employees really you know , but erm I used to enjoys my meetings once a month erm and I think everybody seemed fair , we got and of course , according to the Co- magazine that we have , that Focus , they always send me one of those still and er I mean , you 've got er , we used to have a good football team and I think they 've still got a sports team have n't they ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been knocked out cold . ’ |
| 26 | So he said oh oh said his moan and groan so he said well I spoke to Blue he said , he 's off sick he said and he gets ninety pounds a week for being at home I 've been working here all week he said , for a hundred and forty so I 'm forty pound a week better off than him ! |
| 27 | I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work . |
| 28 | I 've been sat there all evening nobody 's eaten it so I thought I might as well get on and eat it |
| 29 | Oh yeah , I 've been told as much . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been told more flattering things before , ’ he responded , semi-serious . |