Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] been " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I rub my face quick so she do n't see I 've been crying . |
| 2 | I see I 've been slipping up a bit . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I can see I 've been displaced in Leo 's affections . ’ |
| 4 | He said , well you see I 've been smoking . |
| 5 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 6 | See I 've been getting a kind of rash on my face |
| 7 | You see I 've been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back to the Reich and I 've little more than three weeks to do it in . ’ |
| 8 | Well I mean I do I 've been doing aerobics a long time . |
| 9 | Oh that 's not so bad you see I 've been on holiday all last week |
| 10 | See I 've been spoilt really |
| 11 | I can see I have been a great burden to you . |
| 12 | And what would I have been without . |
| 13 | Oh God , he thought , how could I have been so stupid , so blind . |
| 14 | How could I have been so heartless ? ’ |
| 15 | could n't I have been left alone |
| 16 | Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ? |
| 17 | Could I have been dreaming ? |
| 18 | How could I have been so irresponsible , putting my foolish ambitions before Richard and my children ? |
| 19 | Gladly would I have been in the condition of dog or horse , for I knew they had no soul to perish under the everlasting weights of Hell as mine was like to do . ’ |
| 20 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 21 | ( Oh dear , I had not thought to check the lunar date ; how could I have been so silly ? ) |
| 22 | Gently he added , ‘ And what use would I have been , angel ? ’ |
| 23 | How could I have been so simple , naive ? |
| 24 | ‘ Why should I have been ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ How could I have been so stupid ? ’ |
| 26 | Should I have been told before this ? |
| 27 | How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears . |
| 28 | ‘ How could I have been taken in by his charm ? ’ |
| 29 | But oh , she thought , tearlessly watching Mrs Greville leave , how could I have been so deceived — and twice at that … ? |
| 30 | ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ? |