Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 2 | Before getting into bed I went into the large bathroom beside her bedroom , where I had n't been before . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was very young I had frequent dreams of Israel and the River Jordan , although I had never been there , and the first word I spoke was ‘ Abba ’ — the Jewish word for father . |
| 4 | I was probably more afraid than I 'd ever been in my life but I was too busy to notice it . |
| 5 | After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it . |
| 6 | ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’ |
| 7 | In spite of depressing circumstances , I was more excited and confident than I had ever been . |
| 8 | I was going to be lazier than I had ever been in my life ! |
| 9 | My perennial thoughts of transsexualism and suicide never left me , but in many ways I was happier than I had ever been in my life . |
| 10 | I was more excited than I had ever been before . |
| 11 | DURING THE NEXT twelve years I was happier than I had ever been before . |
| 12 | Our friendship had brought us closer than I had ever been with anyone before . |
| 13 | ‘ I went into the fight against Nardiello sharper and stronger than I had ever been before . ’ |
| 14 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 15 | As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them . |
| 16 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
| 17 | Sor if I sorted out being able to book at this restaurant which only is about I 'd be in |
| 18 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
| 19 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
| 20 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
| 21 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 22 | When I eventually did get home , though , I remembered most of those I had forgotten as if I had not been away . |
| 23 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 24 | I should not have discussed it at all if I had not been asked the questions . |
| 25 | In fact , afterwards the doctor told me that the training had probably helped and that I might have been in a lot more serious trouble if I had not been so fit . |
| 26 | He has pursed his sour lips and guessed my true intentions : if I had not been so bored , I would have sold it . |
| 27 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process . |
| 30 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |