Example sentences of "i be [verb] " 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 | Or ( how many years have I been promising myself this ? ) sorting out the stock cupboard/prep room ? |
| 4 | ‘ I am , ’ said Linda , ‘ I been squashed all over and I ai n't got no breath left . |
| 5 | You know , pet , I been thinking . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but I been thinking , ’ insisted Sam . |
| 7 | I , I been thinking |
| 8 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then whom or what have I been seeing , Mrs Ridley ? |
| 11 | out my nails look , I been scrubbing it everyday . |
| 12 | What the f— have I been drinking ? |
| 13 | what , what have I been shouting ? |
| 14 | ‘ What have I been eating ? ’ |
| 15 | But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ? |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | I been trying to think all the way back , but I ca n't figure it out . |
| 18 | Have I been breaking that ? |
| 19 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 20 | What have I been criticized for at work ? |
| 21 | Have I been sending people out to do this ? |
| 22 | Why have I been treated in such a cowardly and despicable manner ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I been looking forward to this all day . |
| 25 | This one er what 's , what 's going on , he said well what I been called for |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 29 | Well what have I been doing ? |
| 30 | ‘ I have encountered many species in my time , Fakrid , ’ he concluded , ‘ but never have I been forced to endure such unfounded bombast ! ’ |