Example sentences of "and [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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| 31 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
| 32 | , we went in the August and they were back by September , so he could start back well school and I 'd been in , in the summer holidays and they said and I felt poor little bastard , got to start a new school , he ai n't gon na know anybody |
| 33 | And I 'd been there four year , really , wipe shit from her arse every morning |
| 34 | Went to bed and I 'd got to bed and I 'd been there I do n't know how long |
| 35 | Stood outside and I 'd been rung up |
| 36 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 37 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |
| 38 | no , I forgot well see I forgotten and I 'd been down to Boots an all I , aunty Mary had them once , one time and said |
| 39 | I said all this to Alison , and I 've been saying it to her ever since , and , back in London , I 've been saying it to anyone else who 'll listen . |
| 40 | ‘ I go to flamenco classes , collect pictures of elaborate dance costumes and I 've been to lots of shows . ’ |
| 41 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ My name 's Allan Scuffle , and I 've been a full-time singer for only four years . |
| 43 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
| 44 | And I 've been round the country a little bit . |
| 45 | And you 've retreated further and further into it , and I 've been jealous . |
| 46 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
| 47 | He 's given them something else back for their money , and I 've been glad to be part of it . |
| 48 | ‘ I managed to crawl to the outside lavatory and I 've been there most of the time . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ And I 've been having attacks of vertigo , ’ volunteered Ray , with a hint of pride . |
| 50 | ‘ And I 've been in every one of them , ’ Maidstone said . |
| 51 | She now bent forward towards him and said under her breath , ‘ I 've been married five years , Charles , and I 've been five times pregnant . |
| 52 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 53 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 54 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 55 | The old tricks should be left alone , because the reality of it is that when I go on tour in a couple of months , I 'm going to be playing all these songs and I 've been careful never to repeat past compositional techniques . |
| 56 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
| 57 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 58 | I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’ |
| 59 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 60 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |