Example sentences of "i [verb] been [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all .
2 Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times .
3 I 'd been at that school for two terms , eight months at the most .
4 I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’
5 I had been along this track many times , and this was the first occasion on which I hesitated to pass the rocks .
6 Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight .
7 The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party .
8 And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice .
9 I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules .
10 I mean , you could learn , but I 've been down that road and I do n't want you to follow .
11 Yeah , well I 've b t to tell you honest truth , I 've been on th I 've been down that road .
12 I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’
13 I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane
14 Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times .
15 I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years .
16 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
17 I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done .
18 ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea .
19 Try and make sure it 's dried and then I 'll do it tomorrow morning when I 've been to that playgroup .
20 I 've been to that house
21 Well I hope I 've been of some help .
22 And I hope that I 've been of some assistance .
23 I 've been around this house for
24 Well , I I find that totally impossible , I mean I know that , I 've been in that plot thousand of times .
25 I 've been in that sort of situation before , sitting in a dressing- room after losing to a team you 've been expected to beat .
26 I 've been in that block since it was built , it suits me fine .
27 I 've been in all morning . ’
28 I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare .
29 Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years .
30 I 've been in this position loads of times , like .
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