Example sentences of "[pron] i have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 2 | Er as well as applying for er vacancies that appear in newspapers as well as er registering myself with er agencies with whom I 've been in contact |
| 3 | He I I 'd been to them over a a period of about two years erm with all sorts o of different problems and in the end he said , You know I can increase your drugs but that wo n't help . |
| 4 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 5 | The most professional approach which I had was in fact via an intermediary who was acting on behalf of an existing customer of the company who employed me and whose objective was to sound out general interest without disturbing the importance of on-going business relationships . |
| 6 | And I took it to my bank manager who I 'd been with for God knows , all my life , so nearly twenty years , and er he just laughed me straight out of the room . |
| 7 | ‘ Did Mrs Fairfax tell you I 've been to London ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | ‘ But he seemed genuinely interested , particularly when I told him I 'd been round one of the stations on a Come & See tour . |
| 9 | Sergeant Flavell sounds a little odd when I talk to him and tell him I 've been to Jersey for the day but I 'm on my way back to Edinburgh . |
| 10 | that we have n't ever seen cos he looks stuck in Hungary , she said and I 'll never forget she said we put a name tag on him I 've been to Hungary . |
| 11 | ‘ Knowing what I 'd been through ? |
| 12 | He understands what I have been through … " |