Example sentences of "i [verb] [been] [adj] of " in BNC.
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1 | At first , when I did , I thought it was purely a physical dependence I 'd been afraid of , because I was so slow to understand . |
2 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
3 | I had been one of the twenty-eight ( twenty-six plus two tellers ) Conservative Members who voted on 29 July 1954 against the conclusion of the treaty with Egypt under which that evacuation took place . |
4 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
5 | If I had been one of their advisers when TV came along I would have said : ‘ Do n't meddle with it . ’ |
6 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |
7 | Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture . |
8 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
9 | In hindsight , if I had been aware of the exact nature of the Foreign Legion , how it operated , and how its members lived , I would have been much more hesitant about joining . |
10 | I had been afraid of her at Oxford where she had been a quick , intense , thundery girl who rarely bothered to talk to other women . |
11 | That was what I had been afraid of . |
12 | Perhaps if I had been more of an expert the differences would have been more apparent , but experts always tend to obscure the obvious . |
13 | Sausage rolls or something Yes that 's er had a for that we cou we stopped there at I 've never been up that wa that way at that 's about the farthest north I 've been one of these coaches erm two , two , two or three times and er and er I 'd seen that Betty 's on er on television before . |
14 | I 've been tired of it for years … |
15 | For years , I 've been ashamed of my body . |
16 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
17 | Oh , I 've been aware of your fears , child . ’ |
18 | ‘ I 'm sure there are , but I can quite honestly say that you 're the first one I 've been aware of , or who 's made such a marked impression on me after so short an acquaintance . ’ |
19 | I 've been suspicious of him since he first arrived . ’ |
20 | ‘ I 've been frightened of cows ever since , ’ said Mrs Monro , and I thought — her memories do n't even have the moth . |
21 | Hell , in one day I 've been jealous of a sour-faced moron like Dave Fernie and of a little tub of lard like Marcus Felstead ! |
22 | ‘ It 's what I 've been afraid of . ’ |
23 | I 've been afraid of hurting Eva , of hurting Margaret , and most of hurting myself . ’ |
24 | For three years I 've been wary of deep water . |
25 | And it 's certainly been marvellous to come and listen to it , as I have been one of your loyal supporters over many years . |
26 | In the past , I have been guilty of reinforcing this icon ; now I am committed either to destroying it or affecting major reconstructions . |
27 | ‘ I have been proud of the way we have played in England and believe we are becoming a better team with every game . |
28 | I have been full of hate of men like you . |
29 | ‘ At Manchester United I have been top of the table in April and still lost it . |
30 | Ever since the Which ? team carried out what I considered to be some very unscientific trials comparing blood , fish and bone fertiliser with Growmore a while ago , I have been suspicious of their methods . |