Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nowhere have I been presented with so many extraordinary opportunities for startlingly fresh and original material for radio , ’ he says of Greenland , where he borrows a cassette and goes out recording ‘ wild track ’ ( a technical term that he expects us to know , meaning the sound background you hear when the broadcaster mercifully shuts up . ) |
| 2 | But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ? |
| 3 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 4 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 5 | What have I been criticized for at work ? |
| 6 | Why have I been treated in such a cowardly and despicable manner ? ’ |
| 7 | This one er what 's , what 's going on , he said well what I been called for |
| 8 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 9 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 10 | Have I been reduced in size ? |
| 11 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 12 | What have I been praised for at work ? |
| 13 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
| 14 | Had I been told at his birth that he was not ‘ normal ’ I would probably have hoped he would have died before being taken home from hospital . |
| 15 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 16 | This should not suggest that my wife and I are cut from the American kind of Anglophilic chintz that may of you like to poke fun at . |
| 17 | Each day , when Tod and I are done with the Gazette , we take it back to the store . |
| 18 | ‘ You think Miller and I are linked in some way ? |
| 19 | And that 's still something that comes again and again when men and women , when you and I are confronted with the claims of Jesus what about this ? |
| 20 | Still clasped together , my attacker and I are frogmarched behind the scenes , into one of the little meeting-rooms . |
| 21 | Even if the T test is made , WS , BS and I are lowered by -5 each . |
| 22 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
| 23 | I am confirmed in my conclusions by the terms of the Order of 1991 . |
| 24 | ‘ I am trained as a nurse . |
| 25 | Remember I am trained to not give in , |
| 26 | I am locked in a time warp , but I 'm lost in several time warps . |
| 27 | I do not answer , nor do I open my eyes , but I am stirred by the relentless bleep and static of the answerphone ; words , artificial like a megaphone , filtering through . |
| 28 | In Mrs Castle 's Diaries I am referred to with varying degrees of approval and disapproval . |
| 29 | This means , I am defined by not being my opposite : not a man , not walking in from outside . |
| 30 | ‘ I am threatened with eviction , and need a solicitor to negotiate with the landlord . |