Example sentences of "i have [adv] be in " in BNC.

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1 I 'd not been in London long and those lesbian and gay friends I had were involved in squatting more than gay liberation .
2 I 'd never been in the cab of a moving train before , and I felt I could have stayed there all day .
3 I 'd never been in a helicopter in my life ; you think , ‘ This is alright , ’ until you get in the bloody thing !
4 I 'd never been in there before ; it was dark and stuffy and full of bloody , primitive colours .
5 I 'd never been in hospital before , and after the first day I felt well enough to notice things like the faint smell , which I thought was of death , but which was disinfectant , and to be mildly infuriated by hospital routine .
6 I 'd never been in this room before .
7 I 'd never been in love in my life till you came along . ’
8 I 'd never been in there before but
9 The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf .
10 But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town .
11 I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? "
12 I was a gunner , I 'd only been in er
13 Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’
14 ‘ It was a process of necessity , really but , since it was just me and a Portastudio , it was the first time I 'd ever been in the position of being able to write and record without any kind of pressure from anyone else .
15 I was probably more afraid than I 'd ever been in my life but I was too busy to notice it .
16 I had n't been in the force very long and my sergeant met me and said , ‘ That chimney 's smoking . ’
17 There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time .
18 I had n't been in a very good mood when I started out on this journey .
19 I had n't been in bed all that long .
20 Because I had n't been in a band for so long , there were plenty to choose from …
21 No , I had n't been in prison .
22 If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else .
23 I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’
24 I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’
25 Well that 's because I had n't been in there and you can be
26 ‘ I guess it was a big gamble to turn my back on Neighbours but I felt I had already been in the show too long , ’ says Kristian , who will still be seen in the soap in Britain for another 12 months .
27 Fortunately I had already been in touch with the Edinburgh Green Belt Trust , whose representative I met by chance on their stand in an exhibition marquee during Environment Week .
28 So , I had not been in the house an hour when he sent three of the Six to me .
29 I thought I had never been in such great danger .
30 I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal .
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