Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ) |
| 3 | ‘ I am , ’ said Linda , ‘ I been squashed all over and I ai n't got no breath left . |
| 4 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 5 | But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ? |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 8 | What have I been criticized for at work ? |
| 9 | Why have I been treated in such a cowardly and despicable manner ? ’ |
| 10 | I been beaten up by hoods , framed on a murder rap , beaten up by cops , sent up the river , beaten up by prison bulls , got a last-minute reprieve from the governor , and been beaten up by my girl . ’ |
| 11 | This one er what 's , what 's going on , he said well what I been called for |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I have encountered many species in my time , Fakrid , ’ he concluded , ‘ but never have I been forced to endure such unfounded bombast ! ’ |
| 15 | Have I been reduced in size ? |
| 16 | Nor have I been encouraged ever since to think there 's an exact science . |
| 17 | I can honestly say now I do not feel I have subsequently ever lost a race I would have won had I been allowed to use the whip . ’ |
| 18 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 19 | What have I been praised for at work ? |
| 20 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
| 21 | Husband or wife do get excluded for instance because the marriage has not been a particularly happy one erm and there would therefore be no particular one why the deceased would leave anything to spouses erm but it 's worth saying so if that 's the case , to prevent an action coming along and saying Oi why am I not being there , why have I been left out ? |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! " |
| 25 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Each day , when Tod and I are done with the Gazette , we take it back to the store . |
| 28 | ‘ I think that you and I are destined to continue this very special relationship whether we like it or not . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My officers and I are determined to track down the offender before he does any more harm , ’ said Mr Hodson . |
| 30 | ‘ — and fact three , ’ she continued , ‘ is that , whatever you say or do , Peter and I are engaged and will remain engaged until we decide otherwise . ’ |