Example sentences of "time i [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Funny I 've never seen it before , the times I 've been in your Gran 's house , ’ he said .
2 he wo n't let them talk , it 's disgusting , I tell ya , you know , no end of times I 've been in there and it 's obvious we 're waiting for chips
3 My final comment is that loadings on the Central Wales line seem fairly light at present , judging by the two or three times I have been on it lately .
4 This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous .
5 Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . )
6 The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled .
7 I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them .
8 Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf .
9 And then erm I was at home for a while , and then I was living with friends in Birmingham , and in , in between time I 've been to Leeds and London .
10 It 's the first time I 've been to a game of footie in a Porsche , and it will probably be the last , but it was fun , and added to the enjoyment of another thoroughly enjoyable day out Leeds watching .
11 ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’
12 Every time I 've been to a wedding and people in cravats are all the same .
13 he said he 'd been through recently , oh every time I 've been through Wolverhampton that ring road 's been awful the traffic like
14 So that was the time I 've been before a recorder .
15 I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’
16 Every other time I 've been in somebody 's flat like this I 've known where I am by the books . ’
17 This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day .
18 It was difficult — you know , first time I 'd been in charge .
19 Well I , I did nothing , I did nothing you see because erm , by the time I 'd been in the bathroom done the sandwiches
20 Every time I have been to the Jobcentre it 's been a waste of time .
21 Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ .
22 … Every time I have been in Annat since , I have remembered this further demonstration of Highland hospitality by people obviously poor in everything except the warmth of their welcome for strangers .
23 But I think I may have to extend it — just like the politicians — because I have n't achieved anything in all the time I have been in my new home .
24 ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation .
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