Example sentences of "i [verb] [been] [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 3 | If I had been one of their advisers when TV came along I would have said : ‘ Do n't meddle with it . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And it 's certainly been marvellous to come and listen to it , as I have been one of your loyal supporters over many years . |