Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never even been on a train until I was past thirty and if you recall that was no joy-ride , simply a mercy dash to get Renée out of one of her scrapes . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd never even been to her house . |
| 3 | I 'd never even been in a car until I was twenty … |
| 4 | Erm because I 'd never actually been in the flats before . |
| 5 | Even if I had no longer been able to see the real images in my mind I could see their representations as clearly as if they hung before me , and the two were beginning to run together . |
| 6 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
| 7 | I had never previously been to a race where this had happened but the race jury undoubtedly made the right decision . |
| 8 | ‘ I had never even been on a hat-trick before , ’ said Henderson . |
| 9 | In my , albeit limited , experience of working with clients , I had never before been unable to establish any kind of empathic relationship . |
| 10 | Before this point in my life I had never really been ill , so you can imagine the disruption within the family . |
| 11 | I was so innocent that in spite of our so-called training , of all the propaganda , I had never really been able to believe that someone might want to kill me . |
| 12 | I realised that I had only just been in time before all traces of cropmarks had been obliterated . |