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 . |