Example sentences of "i have 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 found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 . |
| 12 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 13 | I 'd been trying to get into training since I was fourteen . |
| 14 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 15 | I could not believe that I 'd been so stupid , or that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences . |
| 16 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
| 17 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 18 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 19 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 20 | How glad I 'd been in those first nights with him . |
| 21 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
| 22 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
| 23 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 24 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 25 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd been everywhere in books : I read a lot about exotic places . |
| 27 | She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long . |
| 28 | I 'd been after a pair for ages . |
| 29 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
| 30 | The last time I 'd been there I nearly got caught bunking my fare . |