Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure I would n't have got this far musically had I not been a model . ’ |
| 2 | I would have enjoyed them even more had I not been about to faint every ten yards , but I was in far too bad a mood to tell my colleagues to slow down and wait for me . |
| 3 | The scene might have been absorbing had I not been fighting to keep control of the wheelbarrow . |
| 4 | I 'm sure I would have missed it had I not been waiting for somebody nearby . |
| 5 | Using my 7 × 50 binoculars I was able to locate it at once , though I would not have had the slightest hope of finding it had I not been told exactly where it was . |
| 6 | Had I not been with Matt and Tony I would n't have considered setting foot inside the level . |
| 7 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 8 | I would have savoured this piece of news with greater relish had I not been booked on BA724 to Geneva at 0845 that morning . |
| 9 | In working through it I noticed an error in Step 7 but I not been able to correct it . |
| 10 | I know this because after my machine arrived , the salesman whose job it would have been to persuade me to buy it , had I not been too quick for him , came to see me anyway . |
| 11 | Eventually I was able to convince my senior officers that anthropology was one of the social sciences , perhaps only because I somewhat sardonically returned a memo which asked ‘ why , if anthropology is not approved , have I just been allowed to read the subject on a Bramshill Scholarship , on full pay and allowances ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just been up the school , ’ answered Nelly , undoing her coat . |
| 13 | I just been reading how Fat Is A Feminist Issue . |
| 14 | I just been talking to a coupla friends of yours . ’ |
| 15 | Yes you do go on tell i what have I just been telling you then that you need to concentrate on that I think you should be concentrating on . |
| 16 | ‘ So I just been told . |
| 17 | What 've I just been talking about , what did she say ? |
| 18 | I just been in loads of workshops |
| 19 | So went out and I was feeling really tired but I thought well I just been getting up very early in the mornings so |
| 20 | It would off been o okay if I just been able to pull out and drive down the road |
| 21 | I do n't think I ever been so happy . |
| 22 | ceremony I ever been in all my life ! |
| 23 | Nor have I ever been able to force Ma to do anything she did n't want to . ’ |
| 24 | Had I ever been in love ? |
| 25 | Nor have I ever been more sorely tried . |
| 26 | What she longed to ask him was : ‘ Have I ever been missing for any time , Steve ? |
| 27 | but think about all the people that we are nice to , I mean look at James , a prime example , have I ever been a bitch to him , never , but I stand up here , when I see him I 'm like oh yeah ha ha , you know , laugh along with his jokes and |
| 28 | Had I still been suspicious of a haemorrhage I would have sent him to Edinburgh for a brain scan . ’ |
| 29 | Well I actually been on commission only before er Yellow Pages when I started with well a |
| 30 | I never been to a restaurant — not on my own like . |