Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb past] [been] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are about fourteen roads , streets , crescents , avenues , walks , and squares all called whatever it was you told James , and I visited number fifteen in all of them before I realized I 'd been had . |
| 2 | ‘ I was bleeding and realised I 'd been hit . ’ |
| 3 | It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa . |
| 4 | Totally unprepared for an unexpected 5g demonstration loop , I realised I had been caught napping , and glanced at the g-meter in time for it to disappear as my sight blacked out . |
| 5 | There certainly was n't in mine because I 'd I 'd been sacked . |
| 6 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 7 | It was a relief to get a flight the next morning , yet I felt I 'd been dragged away from Dominica : I had not explored its dangerous magic as I ought to have done . |
| 8 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 9 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam . |
| 11 | In the absence of anyone more nearly related I had been designated next-of-kin , and now I wrote to the Court of Protection who had been dealing with her affairs , asking what my responsibilities would be if she died . |
| 12 | You 'd met my father and mother , you knew I 'd been raised in a very repressed , almost Victorian household . |
| 13 | And yes , he knew I 'd been hit . ’ |
| 14 | When I looked it was a pellet and that was when I knew I had been shot . |
| 15 | From that moment I knew I had been hit by something . ’ |
| 16 | At first I thought I had been pushed too wide . |
| 17 | For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I had been booked in one of the earlier matches at Windsor Park but I was n't certain , ’ said the Queen 's Park Rangers centre back . |
| 19 | She was n't too pleased , as she thought I had been coarsened by the whole experience , which was true . |
| 20 | I thought I 'd been framed . ’ |
| 21 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 22 | At first I thought I 'd been commissioned to rewrite The Archers theme . |
| 23 | I could n't see anything , and I thought I 'd been stung by ants , but the knee became swollen and blistered and then I noticed tracks like blisters crawling up my leg from my knee , and over the course of months they went crawling up and up and round my leg — terrifying ! |
| 24 | I said I had been knocked out by a shell-blast . |
| 25 | ‘ He said I had been pardoned by the president . ’ |
| 26 | I told my supplier — you know , I said I 'd been done over , I had no money , n. stuff . |
| 27 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 28 | He said I 'd been cheated . ’ |
| 29 | My mother had a fit when I went home and my aunt said I 'd been taken on . |