Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] i have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He asked me if I 'd been teaching them about poisonous plants , ’ said Corbett Farraday . |
2 | I ca n't pay you until I 've been paid . |
3 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
4 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
5 | When I was in Rapeman , I ca n't say it really surprised me because I had been exposed to English people before , but I did n't think that people were being serious initially . |
6 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
7 | and I went with her last week , then she had to go again on Monday , but she went Saturday as well , then she had to go back up Monday the last , so she has n't been have n't seen her since I 've been gon na go up all week but the weather |
8 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
9 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
10 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
11 | I mean , I probably dreamt it because I 'd been hearing all their dreams and thinking about them . |
12 | Unfortunately , I had not read Mary Shelley 's novel since I was a lad ; such recollection of it as I had was obscured by the travesties of it I had watched in 4-D on film , TV , and CirC . |
13 | Lorry driver Bill , 51 , of Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , said yesterday : ‘ I was in so much pain I could n't dress myself after I had been examined and needed a wheelchair . ’ |
14 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
15 | No , I 've been logging them as I 've been going . |