Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb past] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 2 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 3 | I said I was looking I said where 's grandma , I put that ne table there is that alright ? |
| 4 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 5 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
| 6 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 7 | A feeling , wrote Harsnet , such as I have never experienced before , not so much of wishing I had never been born , as never been born as me . |
| 8 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 9 | A parallel line crossing the Thumb to the left of They Brush Me had also been equipped by Mick Lovatt who was close to success . |
| 10 | That 's what I was saying I said here 's my mum . |
| 11 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome they 'll wish I 'd never been born , ’ said Masklin . |
| 12 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I suppose I 'd better be … . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better be going then . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I guess it was a big gamble to turn my back on Neighbours but I felt I had already been in the show too long , ’ says Kristian , who will still be seen in the soap in Britain for another 12 months . |
| 16 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 17 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 18 | But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere . |
| 19 | She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian . |
| 20 | The singing , the crying and the screaming — I thought I had already been killed and gone to hell ! |
| 21 | I thought I had never been in such great danger . |
| 22 | But , no yeah yeah well , I thought , I thought I 'd better be safe , yeah . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I had already been married and divorced at Kate 's age . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I 'd better be off now . |
| 25 | ‘ I … um … think I 'd better be off , ’ said Malcolm Harris awkwardly . |
| 26 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 27 | Because if not I think I 'd better be going . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think I 'd better be the one , ’ Joanna said , then Robert came out to pick up the remaining chair . |
| 29 | I said I had n't been playing . |
| 30 | She said I had not been meant to have this until I was twenty-five , but since I was married and had a child , they had been able to break the trust . |