Example sentences of "[pron] i had [adv] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I I had n't been shutting the one that do n't make no difference still , there 's only cos Pavarotti 's out anyway ! |
| 2 | It was holding a party to which I had not been invited . |
| 3 | Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 . |
| 4 | Well , in fact I did n't know , not for certain , but I could n't see any signs at all of brassière straps or elastic waistbands which I had n't been able to help noticing on all other women . |
| 5 | My tapestries and books were turning into pitch-thick smoke , and the heat , from which I had hitherto been protected , it seems , by the initial surge of adrenalin through my body , now made it plain that this was the last window of opportunity for effecting a dignified , if empty-handed , exit . |
| 6 | The nightmares stopped instantly after this explanation , and I was able to give lectures , stand up for myself and speak in public — all of which I had never been able to do before . ’ |
| 7 | Over the wide divide I could not recall who I had once been . |
| 8 | I have often wondered what my guest would have thought when I got back if I had told him I had just been beaten . |
| 9 | I was very tired after the long flight from London to Sydney and on the television show someone attacked what I had just been saying . |